by studentrg | Feb 15, 2021 | Cyber Security, Education, online education, Teaching
Are students more likely to be victims of cyberbullying during the pandemic when they are spending hours and hours of their days online? Are they more likely to become victims of online predators? We wish we had answers to those questions. We have conducted research...
by studentrg | Apr 2, 2020 | Career Pathways, College Degrees, Cyber Security
Yesterday as I was driving through the suburban town where I live, I saw two police cruisers idling with their rooftop lights flashing. Only a few weeks ago, I would have thought something terrible had happened. But today, the knowledge that my town’s law officers...
by studentrg | Sep 19, 2019 | Cyber Security, Student Privacy, Student Research Foundation Research
In 2018, the Student Research Foundation partnered with the Research Consortium on Digital Safety & Cyber Security Careers to complete “Caution: Safety in a Digital World,” a survey of 710 parents of middle school and high school students. Our researchers asked...
by studentrg | Aug 8, 2019 | Career & Technical Education, Career Pathways & 21st Century Skills, Cyber Security, Jobs of the Future
Is a Cyber Security Career a Good Choice for Today’s Students? There’s no doubt that cybercriminals are working hard to steal identities and data, and that they are often succeeding. What are they up to? Here are some of today’s most prevalent cybercrimes, as...
by studentrg | Oct 25, 2018 | Cyber Security, Jobs of the Future, STEM
Are You Teaching a Course on Cybersecurity? With more and more American colleges offering courses about cybercrime and letting students major in the subject, you would think that American businesses will soon be able to protect their systems and data with ironclad...
by studentrg | May 29, 2018 | Career Pathways & 21st Century Skills, Cyber Security, Jobs of the Future, STEM
We recently overheard this conversation at a college admissions fair . . . A high school student said to another, “When I told my dad I was planning to work in cybersecurity, he said, `Forget it, those careers won’t be around for more than the next few years.’” Her...
