Lawsuit Challenges Federal Rule Requiring Costly Changes in Campus Networks

The American Council on Education filed a lawsuit last week challenging a new federal requirement that could force colleges to overhaul their computer networks so that law-enforcement agencies can monitor e-mail and other forms of online communication. College officials say that making the changes could cost billions of dollars.

The requirement, approved by the Federal Communications Commission and published in October in the Federal Register, is an extension of the Communications

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