Privacy is a multi-faceted topic in higher education and the privacy implications for institutional activities can be nuanced. Colleges and universities encounter thorny autonomy and information privacy issues every day, from understanding the institutional impact of the latest law that attempts to codify certain privacy rights to figuring out the role of prospective student social media posts in admissions processes to using analytics to help measure student success. Institutions that understand the nuance of the varied data privacy issues existing in the higher education environment will be well prepared to address them.
