College graduation equals Shit’s Creek, sans paddle.

Inside Higher Ed: Major FERPA revisions in the works.

In other words: FERPA goes PATRIOT.

Here’s an end o’ the week link roundup in case you missed these stories:

• Daily Herald (Chicago): Surprise! School newspaper coverage of drug use under fire. (Also: Naperville Central High School’s English curriculum apparently includes Fight Club. Take that NCLB!)
• NY Times: ACLU sinks biased Bible class.
• Ars Technica: The US Internet Industry Association says rural America can’t afford broadband services, and it’s all Net Neutrality’s fault! Sheesh.
• Techdirt: Wikileaks lawsuit dropped. Lesson learned.
• Reporters Without Borders: On the censorship of Sudanese media outlets.
• Wired: FCC’s Martin Mum on Net Neutrality.

It’s barely after noon, but sd&if is totally ready for happy hour. Except for Ben. We’ve literally chained him to his desk until he finishes this week’s “With Us / Against Us.”

Happy weekending!

They already name stadiums and buildings, monopolize student unions, and pervade almost all other non-academic aspects of university life in America. But should corporate interests be sponsoring our classes?

Hunter College thinks maybe they should. [via]

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