Law and Politics

U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Protect the Integrity of U.S. Elections

Date: February 5, 2026

The U.S. Department of Education has announced important actions to protect the privacy of student information and uphold the integrity of U.S. elections by examining how student voting data is collected and used by educational programs and third parties. (U.S. Department of Education)

🔍 Investigating Student Data Practices

The Department’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) has launched an investigation into Tufts University and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) regarding the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). This investigation seeks to determine whether the way student data is collected and shared violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). (U.S. Department of Education)

Reports suggest that NSLVE may have involved sharing personally identifying student information not only with participating universities and the NSC but also with external organizations that might use the data in ways that could influence elections. (U.S. Department of Education)

📚 What’s Being Investigated?

SPPO’s review will focus on:

  • What student data is being collected through NSLVE
  • Who the data is shared with
  • Whether students gave proper consent for the use and sharing of their information
  • Compliance with FERPA requirements for protecting educational records and privacy. (U.S. Department of Education)

FERPA is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of student education records. It limits how schools and third parties can share student data and requires clear consent from students before sharing non-directory information. (U.S. Department of Education)

📌 New Guidance for Colleges and Universities

In addition to the investigation, the Department has issued updated guidance to clarify FERPA compliance requirements for higher education institutions. This new guidance rescinds earlier policies that encouraged participation in NSLVE and warns that institutions using NSLVE data risk violating federal privacy laws. (U.S. Department of Education)

Institutions are now advised to:

  • Ensure they only collect and share student data with informed consent
  • Carefully safeguard student privacy
  • Fully understand their responsibilities under FERPA. (U.S. Department of Education)

🗣 Statement from the Secretary of Education

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon emphasized the importance of protecting student privacy and focusing on core educational missions: “American colleges and universities should be focused on teaching, learning, and research — not influencing elections.” (U.S. Department of Education)

📌 Why This Matters

Violations of FERPA can have serious consequences, including the potential loss of federal funding for institutions that fail to protect student data properly. (U.S. Department of Education)

 

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The Legacy of War

The Legacy of War

Recently, your reading has focused on the impact of war on the history of modern art. In this week’s discussion forum, you will choose a work of art that expresses political themes specifically related to warfare. Although you are encouraged to focus on works related to World War One, you may also choose a work by an avant-garde Russian artist related to the Bolshevik Revolution, or even revisit Romanticism and choose a work of art related to the French Revolution or Napoleonic Wars (such as Goya’s Disasters of War).

The purpose of this assignment is to examine a work of art in its historical context, and also to research how political forces shaped the lives of artists. In your post, please choose a single work of art that has political content and describe the way in which the artist expresses their perspective. How do they communicate their ideas through iconography, narrative, color, technique, etc.? What specific political events inspired the work of art? How did these events shape the life of the artist?

Be sure to include an image of the work and for posting a poem in the forum that is related to World War One.

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Write three pages in APA format.

Write three pages in APA format.

Very important to read the below attachment for more information about the topic and the requirements.

  • Write 3 pages in APA format: Cover page, 3 pages of text, references page.
  • PLEASE AVOID PLAGIARISM and make it as simple as you can.
  • I will post two pictures for the sub-section that required.
  • Please follow the requirements.
  • More info:

 

 

Using one of the sub-sections NOT discussed in class (specific sub-sections will be designated as “available” for this assignment), answer the questions presented in the text at the end of the selected sub-section.

Provide a brief narrative that summarizes the facts of the sub-section chosen and highlights the ethical challenge presented. Answer the questions presented, and analyze the issues of the facts and questions in the sub-section.

Submit your answer and analysis, be certain to provide support for your answers and analysis with sources beyond your own experience (suggestions: text materials, or other research) in APA format (cover page, running header, page numbers, in-text citations, references, all double-spaced and in Times New Roman font).

Your submission should be at least five pages total (cover, three-plus pages of text answer & analysis, reference page).

Very important to read the below attachment for more information about the topic and the requirements.

  • Write 3 pages in APA format: Cover page, 3 pages of text, references page.
  • PLEASE AVOID PLAGIARISM and make it as simple as you can.
  • I will post two pictures for the sub-section that required.
  • Please follow the requirements.
  • More info:

 

 

Using one of the sub-sections NOT discussed in class (specific sub-sections will be designated as “available” for this assignment), answer the questions presented in the text at the end of the selected sub-section.

Provide a brief narrative that summarizes the facts of the sub-section chosen and highlights the ethical challenge presented. Answer the questions presented, and analyze the issues of the facts and questions in the sub-section.

Submit your answer and analysis, be certain to provide support for your answers and analysis with sources beyond your own experience (suggestions: text materials, or other research) in APA format (cover page, running header, page numbers, in-text citations, references, all double-spaced and in Times New Roman font).

Your submission should be at least five pages total (cover, three-plus pages of text answer & analysis, reference page).

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Gov 2305 Chapter 13

Gov 2305 Chapter 13

******TOTAL OF 5 PROFILED!!!!****

Our Federal Bureaucracy is incredibly complicated with its hodge-podge creation, overlapping jurisdiction and multiple bosses.Below is a link that provides a pretty inclusive list of Federal Executive Branch entities (Departments, agencies, bureaus, boards, commissions, quasi-official agencies, etc – see Chapter 13 for more details on these different parts of the Executive Branch) that we will explore for this chapter assignment.

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtm…

From the lists provided, choose three government entities that you have never heard of and profile them.

Choose from: Executive Departments, Independent Agencies and Government Corporations, Boards, commissions, committees, or Quasi Official Agency links NOT FROM Executive Office of the President.

Profile Information:

1)Name of Government Entity:

2)Type of Government Entity: (Department, Board, Commission, Government Corporation, etc)

3)Website of Government Entity:

4)Brief History:Year created? In response to?Just give me a couple of historical facts.NOT EVERYTHING and DO NOT CUT AND PASTE

5)Brief description of purpose/what they do: DO NOT CUT AND PASTE

6)Size, budget (and location if applicable) of entity: How many people work there and what is their annual budget?You should be able to find this on the website somewhere.Location = what larger entity is it a part of?Example, the FBI is part of the Department of Justice.This is not applicable to all entities.

7)Your thoughts on the entity: Is it useful or useless? Why?

NOTES:

While this is a pretty inclusive list, it’s not a perfect list.For example:The Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is also listed as Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau. And some people are listed, as well as the entity that they work for like Director of National Security.Be mindful of this when selecting what you profile.

DO NOT choose more than one Department.In fact, most of you should have heard of the 15 major departments, so you may not include any.

Format: You can list the information as stated above- sort of outline style.

Citations: Please cite your sources – include any and all website you used to find this information, in addition to your textbook.

EXTRA CREDIT: Up to 1pt.Profile 2 more (.5 pts a piece).

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Collapse International Public Administration

Collapse International Public Administration

Week 1 Discussion

“Globalization and Government” Please respond to the following:

  • Tom Friedman (2005), states that “Globalization” is a wonderful and natural process to which people need to adjust. To some critics, it is a dangerous pattern that needs to be resisted through public authority. And to others, it is a process that is not natural at all, but encouraged by public policy that serves some interests at the expense of others. According to Henry Kissinger (1999) “globalization is really another name for the dominant role of the United States.” Agree or disagree with Kissinger’s statement and provide evidence from the textbook that supports your view. Justify your response.
  • The Global Closet Calculator is a two-part interactive game that introduces the concepts of interdependence and globalization. Go to the National Geographic’s Website, located here, and click on “Begin Your Journey.” Discuss how your map of interdependence compared to everyone else’s. Next, identify the badges you received from the second part of the game, and provide your opinion as to whether or not you agree or disagree with those badges.

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