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05/24/2013 - Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna University is using a smartphone app to make it easier for students, faculty, and staff to report concerns to security.
Daily Headline : Education

Morning Security Brief: Olympics Security Plans Found On Train, Google's Cybersecurity Campaign, White House Lockdown, and More

01/18/2012 - A police officer leaves the security plans for the 2012 Olympics on a commuter train. Google creates a new page to teach Internet users about cybersecurity. White House put on lockdown during Occupy protests. And more.
Beyond Print: Education

Gang Violence

08/30/2011 - The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Web site highlights efforts to combat gang violence around the country.
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Social Media

08/30/2011 - In two similar cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that students who created unflattering fake MySpace pages that seemed to come from their principals were protected under the First Amendment. The courts ruled that the schools could not discipline the students for activities conducted off school grounds.
Schools: Education

To Carry or Not to Carry

07/26/2011 - After a campus shooting—especially a mass shooting as occurred at Virginia Tech in 2007—there are suggestions that if students or faculty had been armed, they could have defended themselves. Others see the mixture of concealed carry of firearms and campus life as a recipe for disaster.
Daily Headline : Education

EPA Puts Chemical Databases Online

06/17/2011 - Chemical exposure studies and toxicity from more than 500 tests conducted on more than 300 chemicals will be available for public viewing online thanks to two new databases from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Is the iPad Useful for Security Professionals?

04/22/2010 - The iPad reportedly already accounts for .03% of Web traffic. That might not sound like a lot but that's compared to the BlackBerry's .04%, according to Engadget. What's that have to do with security you ask?
Daily Headline : Education

Homeland Security Heads to High School

06/10/2009 - Since 9-11, colleges and universities began offering degrees in homeland security. Now that trend has perculated down to high schools, reports The Los Angeles Times.
Beyond Print: Education

Diploma Mills

04/29/2009 - In 2004, the Government Accountability Office discovered that 28 senior officials in the government had received their higher education degrees from either diploma mills or unaccredited universities. Read the testimony before Congress that helped cause the scandal.
Beyond Print: Education

Accredited Schools

04/29/2009 - Due to the abundance of employees with degrees from diploma mills and unaccredited universities, the Department of Education has provided a database of schools with legitimate accreditation.
Homeland Security: Education

Public Education

04/28/2009 - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's admninistration has launched a new lauched public education campaign for emergency preparedness, with local sports and music celebrities lending their names to the effort.
Beyond Print: Education

Smart Cards

02/27/2009 - A new members-only organization has been created by the Smart Card Alliance to advance educational and professional development for smart card professionals. The program will also confer the Certified Smart Card Industry Professional designation on professionals who pass its examination.
Daily Headline : Education

Study of Bullies' Brains Shows Enjoyment of Inflicting Pain

11/10/2008 - Bullies may get pleasure from the pain they inflict on bullies. That's the finding of a study reported in the current issue of the journal Biological Psychology,according to The National Science Foundation.
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