Open Data, Grey Data, and Stewardship: Universities at the Privacy Frontier

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 6:20 p.m.

b'Universities have automated many aspects of teaching, instruction, student services, libraries, personnel management, building management, and finance, leading to a profusion of discrete data about the activities of individuals. Universities see great value of these data for learning analytics, faculty evaluation, strategic decisions, and other sensitive matters. Commercial entities, governments, and private individuals also see value in these data and are besieging universities with requests for access.\\n\\nIn this talk, Christine L. Borgman discusses the conflicts & challenges of balancing obligations for stewardship, trust, privacy, confidentiality \\u2013 and often academic freedom \\u2013 with the value of exploiting data for analytical and commercial purposes.\\n\\nFor more information about this event visit:\\nhttps://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2018-10-09/open-data-grey-data-and-stewardship\\n\\nPhoto by @AlyssaAGoodman'