 .edu IT Policy Discussion:
Perhaps this is the wrong place, but I figured I could get feed back from a wide selection of my peers in the .edu world...
The debate has come up where I work about simply doing-away hosting student email internally, and only setting up a "redirect" for their accountname@domain that points at a personal inbox they have elsewhere (gmail, hotmail, etc...)
The argument apparently is "Why are we in the email business?"
I have my own personal thoughts on this matter (bad idea), but I was wondering what some of the other .edu people out there are thinking about the idea? if they've had to deal with the idea? how they've dealt with it, and if they know of any schools in particular that are doing anything like this.
The only benefit I see is reduced costs involved in licensing for each student...
Comparison wise, I see a massive increase in help desk calls, and a increase in frustration with communication campus as faculty no longer have a real easy way to know who they're getting email from. The administrative staff who deal with FERPA are saying its a bad idea, and I agree from a privacy/legal standpoint...
Again, any thoughts or comments on the issue are appreciated.
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