Citing Student Privacy Concerns, Georgia Tech Nixes Public Presence of Wikis

Georgia Tech has "removed from the public domain" SWIKIs, WIKIs created for various School of Interactive Computing courses at the school, on the grounds that some information posted in the SWIKIs violate FERPA. Legal experts differ concerning whether the postings actually violate the statute. More here from the Chronicle of Higher Education, here from a professor at Georgia Tech involved in SWIKI construction, and here from journalist Audrey Watters.