For a few semesters now, I've surveyed my class as to their thoughts on Social Networking and College Admissions. These former posts have always questioned if colleges and universities should be involved in social networking, should they have a plan, and basically, do students even want us there. If you like, you can view the blog post at http://tcnjmit201.blogspot.com/2013/09/social-media-and-college-admissions.html
Like it or not, higher education is into social networking sites. Colleges use sites as a requirement tool, as a fund raising tool, to create communities, and to......evaluate applicants? You have probably been warned that you have to be careful with what you post on the internet because employers might see it and use it against you, but what about graduating, or even getting into college in the first place.
In May 2006, a student at Millersville University in Pennsylvania was denied a teaching degree just days before
graduating. Millersville was made aware of a photo she posted onto
MySpace.com titled "Drunken Pirate". In the photo, the student was wearing a pirate hat and drinking from a plastic cup. The college claimed that the photo was "promoting underage drinking".
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/court_rules_against_teacher_in.html
In a more recent case, a high school senior and prospective student at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME was denied admissions after attending a campus information session and repeatedly posted disparaging comments on Twitter about her fellow attendees and using a common expletive. Bowdoin College claims that the reasons behind the denial were solely academic and that the student would not have been offered admissions anyway.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/business/they-loved-your-gpa-then-they-saw-your-tweets.html?_r=0
Your thoughts? Find and post other examples along with your thoughts.
