=============== ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/faq/policy.best =============== q: Which computer policies are the best models for a good academic policy? a: I don't think there is a single policy that is best is all ways, but here is an overview of the policies that I think are best in various categories. (The full policies are available on-line. Access information is enclosed.) Best Privacy Protection: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Network and system administrators are expected to treat the contents of electronic files as private and confidential. Any inspection of electronic files, and any action based upon such inspection, will be governed by all applicable U. S. and Illinois laws and by University policies." Also, users may use the computer facilities without public disclosure of their real name via the on-line phone book or "finger". Best Prohibitions: The Electronic Frontier Foundation "2. No use of this or any other EFF system as a staging ground to crack other systems... 4. No use of this or any other EFF system for illegal or criminal purposes. 9. Obstructing [other people's] work by consuming gratuitously large amounts of system resources (disk space, CPU time) or by deliberately crashing the machine(s) will not be tolerated.... 11.Attempts to read another person's electronic mail or other protected files will be treated with the utmost seriousness" Best Netnews: University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee "That the same standards and principles of intellectual and academic freedom developed for university libraries be applied to material received from the news network... That the same standards of intellectual and academic freedom developed for faculty and student publication in traditional media be applied to publication in computer media." Best Due Process: Iowa State University "Violations of the University Code of Computer Ethics are treated like any other ethical violation as outlined in the Student Handbook and applicable faculty and staff handbooks." Best Participation in Policy Making and Enforcement: The AAUP's Joint Statement Rights and Freedoms of Students "As constituents of the academic community, students should be free, individually and collectively, to express their views on issues of institutional policy and on matters of general interest to the student body. The student body should have clearly defined means to participate in the formulation and application of institutional policy affecting academic and student affairs... the actions of the student government within the areas of its jurisdiction should be reviewed only through orderly prescribed procedures." ANNOTATED REFERENCES (All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.) ================= library/computer.ala ================= * Access to Electronic ... Services and Networks ... (ALA) An interpretation by the American Library Association of the "Library Bill of Rights" Says in part: "Libraries and librarians exist to facilitate the exercise of these rights by selecting, producing, providing access to, identifying, retrieving, organizing, providing instruction in the use of, and preserving recorded expression regardless of the format or technology." Also see "computer.faq.draft.ala" for *draft* questions and answers about this policy recommendation. ================= library/computer.faq.draft.ala ================= * DRAFT Q&A about 'Access to Electronic ... Networks ...' (ALA) (Draft) Questions and Answers about the ALA computer policy recommendation (computer.ala). ================= policies/uiuc.edu ================= * Edu -- U. of Illinois at U-C -- Privacy This is the University of Illinois's Interim E-Mail and Computer File Privacy Policy. It says that "network and system administrators are expected to treat the contents of electronic files as private and confidential." and "Any inspection of electronic files, and any action based upon such inspection, will be governed by all applicable U. S. and Illinois laws and by University policies." ================= policies/cso.uiuc.edu ================= * Edu -- U. of Illinois at U-C -- CCSO The directory information policy for Computer Services Organzation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It says in part: "The system currently has utilities [e.g. finger - cmk] or operating procedures which disclose student information which we plan to let you [, the user,] control in a manner consistent with other sources of directory information." Also, that an effort will be made to accommodate students who exercise their FERPA rights and suppress directory information. ================= policies/eff.org ================= * Org -- Electronic Frontier Foundation Here are the rules for *.eff.org, the computers of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a private, not-for-profit organization. The policy might make a good model. ================= policies/netnews.uwm.edu ================= * Edu -- U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Netnews These are the network policy resolutions developed by the Computer Policy Committee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The resolutions were approved by the Committee and forwarded to the Chancellor. They were given final approval by the Chancellor as campus administrative policy (memo dated 02/23/93). They say (to paraphrase) 1) Netnews is important 2) No restrictions should be imposed without wide consultation 3) The principles of intellectual freedom developed for university libraries apply to Netnews material 4) The principles of intellectual freedom developed for publication in traditional media apply to computer media. ================= policies/ethics.iastate.edu ================= * Edu -- Iowa State U. -- Ethics The computer ethics statement for Iowa State University. (critiqued) ================= policies/ethics.iastate.edu.critique ================= * Edu -- Iowa State U. -- Ethics -- Critique "This is a critique of Iowa State University's Computer Ethics policy. Its due process protection is excellent. Its freedom of expression protection is not as good as it should be. Its privacy protection is unclear. It does not say how much users participated in policy creation. It has contains several items that seem redundant or that don't make sense. (This suggests a lack of review)." ================= academic/student.freedoms.aaup ================= * Student Freedoms (AAUP) Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students -- This is the main U.S. statement on student academic freedom. ================= faq/policy ================= * Policy -- Guidance for Creating and Evaluating q: What guidance is there for creating or evaluating a computer policy? a: The first thing to do is to get a copy of your university's Student ... ================= ================= If you have gopher, you can browse the CAF archive with the command gopher gopher.eff.org These document(s) are also available by anonymous ftp (the preferred method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp to ftp.eff.org, and then: cd /pub/CAF/library get computer.ala cd /pub/CAF/library get computer.faq.draft.ala cd /pub/CAF/policies get uiuc.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get cso.uiuc.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get eff.org cd /pub/CAF/policies get netnews.uwm.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get ethics.iastate.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get ethics.iastate.edu.critique cd /pub/CAF/academic get student.freedoms.aaup cd /pub/CAF/faq get policy To get the file(s) by email, send email to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Include the line(s): connect ftp.eff.org cd /pub/CAF/library get computer.ala cd /pub/CAF/library get computer.faq.draft.ala cd /pub/CAF/policies get uiuc.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get cso.uiuc.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get eff.org cd /pub/CAF/policies get netnews.uwm.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get ethics.iastate.edu cd /pub/CAF/policies get ethics.iastate.edu.critique cd /pub/CAF/academic get student.freedoms.aaup cd /pub/CAF/faq get policy