Comments on: Big Brother Goes to College http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/26/big-brother-goes-to-college/ A blog about electronic marketing, culture, and life on the digital frontier. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:47:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Elaine Nelson http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/26/big-brother-goes-to-college/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Elaine Nelson Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:16:29 +0000 http://www.erelevant.net/?p=39#comment-91 "How can they enforce some kind of federal database with private institutions?" Two words: financial aid. Also, I concur on #4 in particular. (The word "consumer" is going to make faculty heads explode all across America.) “How can they enforce some kind of federal database with private institutions?”

Two words: financial aid.

Also, I concur on #4 in particular. (The word “consumer” is going to make faculty heads explode all across America.)

]]> By: Morgan http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/26/big-brother-goes-to-college/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Morgan Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:02:27 +0000 http://www.erelevant.net/?p=39#comment-90 This got shot down in the past because they wanted to use social security numbers as the identifier. This time around they've changed it to ID numbers generated for this purpose, but if they ever want to link this database to IRS records (to track alumni salaries *shudder*) they're going to have to key it to SSNs eventually. This got shot down in the past because they wanted to use social security numbers as the identifier. This time around they’ve changed it to ID numbers generated for this purpose, but if they ever want to link this database to IRS records (to track alumni salaries *shudder*) they’re going to have to key it to SSNs eventually.

]]> By: Sam Jackson http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/26/big-brother-goes-to-college/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Sam Jackson Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:55:21 +0000 http://www.erelevant.net/?p=39#comment-89 #1: security isn't really mentioned, but that won't be an issue, right? I mean, this is the federal government here. They handle database privacy perfectly well. The veterans bu--er, well, the census bureau was able to-- hey, wait a second... #1: security isn’t really mentioned, but that won’t be an issue, right? I mean, this is the federal government here. They handle database privacy perfectly well. The veterans bu–er, well, the census bureau was able to–

hey, wait a second…

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