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To Use or Not to Use Virtual Private Networks: Why U.S. Professors Shouldn't Require Students in China to Use VPNs
Inside Higher Education (2020)
  • Robert A. Eckhart
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Abstract
With many students in China during the COVID-19 global pandemic, many U.S. institutions of higher education are expecting students to use--and even providing--VPNs. This could lead to many complications for Chinese students, as the use of VPNs to "leap over" the Great (Fire)Wall is illegal.
Keywords
  • China,
  • VPN,
  • international students
Disciplines
Publication Date
September 17, 2020
Citation Information
Robert A. Eckhart. "To Use or Not to Use Virtual Private Networks: Why U.S. Professors Shouldn't Require Students in China to Use VPNs" Inside Higher Education (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bobeckhart/31/