The Digital Limits of 'In Loco Parentis'

Colleges avert gaze from students' posts on social-network sites

Being rowdy and impulsive is a time-honored tradition among college students. Documenting that behavior online is a recent phenomenon that still vexes administrators.

They know what to do with a drunken student. But what about a Facebook photo of a seemingly drunken student?

Some colleges have reacted with strict discipline. Two years ago, officials at Millersville University of Pennsylvania discovered a