Contributed by the EDUCAUSE Policy Office

A graphic description, in pamphlet form, describing broadband technologies and uses and the bandwidth required for each, plus a depiction of the “All-Internet Household” and how a family might use 100 Mbps.

On behalf of several higher education associations, the American Council on Education submitted comments on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Comments of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; Proposed Rule, Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 57, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development

Letter sent by USACM, to Congress regarding technology-based filtering of Internet traffic by universities; April 14, 2008.

This opening address was presented at the University System of Maryland's Workshop on Data Privacy for Maryland Higher Education.

These slides were presented at the University System of Maryland's Workshop on Data Privacy for Maryland Higher Education.

This report proposes bringing the federal government, state governments, and the private sector together as part of a new approach to making high-speed Internet services available across the country. The report also contains a detailed analysis of broadband deployment in the United States and in key countries around the world.

EDUCAUSE joined a broad coalition in filing an amicus, or friend of the court, brief on behalf of the National Geographic Society which seeks permission to reproduce a print collective work in electronic format. At issue is ensuring the availability, preservation and dissemination of prior research which is essential for scholarly advancement. Oral arguments are expected to take place in the Eleventh Circuit Court during the week of February 25th, 2008, with a decision rendered at some point thereafter.

This is a proposed bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965.

EDUCAUSE has once again joined a broad coalition of association, corporations and public interest groups encouraging Congress to pass legislation permitting local governments to build and deploy municipal broadband networks under the Community Broadband Act of 2007 (S.1853/HR3281).

These are the results of testing done at the University of Central Florida by Dr. Lei Wei on four emergency notification technologies: Madahcomm, Athoc, ConnectED, and ViaRadio.

This document is a reply to a comment filed by NBC Universal requesting that the FCC require that broadband providers “use readily available means to prevent the use of their broadband networks to transfer pirated content.” EDUCAUSE signed the document along with 10 other public interest organizations to express their concern for this inappropriate and misguided use of available bandwidth management tools.

Heidi Wachs, Government Relations Officer for EDUCAUSE, shares her insights on the potential consequences by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)’s sending pre-litigation letters to students at 58 colleges, including the University of Maine.

This is an overview of the entire summit. This page includes the final report, presentations and Recommended Readings.