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It would be nice if respecting student privacy was one of the main requirements of a system like this.

• jessaustin 11y ago
  Serious question: what aspects of student privacy can't be covered by "Access Control" mentioned above?
  • edgyswingset 11y ago
    I could see a company doing something shady like collecting metrics on students across different types of classes to eventually sell to someone. I can't for the life of me understand why that kind of data would be valuable, but I'm sure someone could make use of student metrics for advertising purposes.
    • jessaustin 11y ago
      Companies might want to look at data, but so long as they aren't bribing teachers into sharing data from private repos, what can they do?
    • rlorenzo 11y ago
      A company that creates discussions boards for courses is already doing that. They are called Piazza (https://piazza.com/ https://piazza.com/) and used the student data they have been collecting to Piazza Careers: https://recruiting.piazza.com/ https://recruiting.piazza.com/ It has caused some heated discussions at our university regarding student privacy.
      • edgyswingset 11y ago
        Yep, I used Piazza extensively in school. As a tool, it was actually pretty good and students used it heavily. Unfortunately when they shifted their focus to selling students to top companies it soured the taste in my mouth a bit. I see a lot of positives in that system, but it feels like a way for companies to more easily ignore candidates who aren't from top schools. My concern would be further ostracizing qualified students who don't go to top schools.