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as someone who is on the research side of university education, i think its rather outrageous how easily the admissions people can collect data on students with
by mnky9800n 7y ago
as someone who is on the research side of university education, i think its rather outrageous how easily the admissions people can collect data on students without any sort of informed consent whatsoever. If my research group did it this way, we would be out of job, and even tenures could be in jeopardy.
- lukeschlather 7y agoIt's kind of outrageous the hoops we make nonprofit researchers operating transparently jump through when for-profit researchers who hide their results can basically do whatever they like as long as they make money. Of course, I guess that's the thing here: the admissions officers are working for a nonprofit but they are a key part of revenue generation.
- extra88 7y agoIRBs exist to protect academic integrity, that's not a factor in other contexts. A staff member can collect and use data that could be associated with individuals as a part of improving some part of a university's operations but an academic would have to jump through those hoops to do the same for their research.