Education

A new Senate committee report suggests allocating more money to campus security technology, a public awareness campaign for the state's anonymous reporting system, and training more school marshals to prevent shootings.

The banning and purging of TikTok from U.S. college networks and devices continues apace, with federal officials expressing bipartisan concern about the app's data collection and potential for nefarious use by China.

After stealing the data of tens of thousands of people, extortionists from the Karakurt group have contacted their employees, business partners and clients with harassing emails and phone calls to pressure the victims to cooperate.

EC-Council University is making Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Network Defender qualifications, as well as IT management training, part of a new online master’s degree program in computer science.

With U.S. schools recording their largest-ever drop in math scores and struggling students falling farther behind, the nation's education leaders should be looking for new ways to raise student proficiency.

A Texas district attorney asked a local school district on Dec. 9, and again on Dec. 19, to notify up to 30,000 people that a security breach had exposed their confidential information, before making the announcement himself.

UNESCO's education committee is calling on world governments to set benchmark indicators to measure progress with respect to Internet connectivity, student access to online learning and environmental education.

Since Gov. Greg Abbott banned the app on government-issued devices, the UH system has scanned 15,000 devices across its four universities, finding only six devices with the app installed, which was then removed.

A Wisconsin school district has contracted with Evolv Technology to install five dual-lane, walkthrough metal detectors at a handful of schools, costing the district $508,262 over the next four years.

A recent study from the software company Mentor Collective says universities have used peer mentoring platforms and programs to help keep historically marginalized students enrolled and engaged.

Faced with teacher shortages, district officials proposed adding cameras to classrooms in order to record and livestream lessons to other rooms. Teachers say this could harm learning, and students have privacy concerns.

Following Idaho Gov. Brad Little's ban of TikTok on state-owned devices and networks, the state's colleges and universities are deleting their accounts and blocking access to the app on campus Wi-Fi networks.

A regional initiative is building out a list of locations and events involved with vocational education programs or featuring hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math.

A 65-page audit found problems with transparency, accountability and student outcomes in Oregon's community colleges, recommending that the state give the Higher Education Coordinating Commission a clear mandate to make changes.

Following a memo from Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey last week banning use of TikTok on state networks and devices, the university has made the app inaccessible on campus housing networks and warned employees not to install it.

Lawmakers, business leaders and K-12 students gathered at the Michigan State Capitol to see student teams show off inventions involving technologies such as robotics, coding, web design, podcasting and 3-D printing.

The university library has adopted a platform for Android and iOS users to grant faculty, students and staff access to hundreds of thousands of e-books as the popularity of digital learning grows.

The acquisition will expand Apogee's portfolio of cloud and security services as its higher education customers try to manage growing networks amid rising demand for online and hybrid learning models.