YouTube, the online service where anyone can post short videos for others to view and comment on, has set up a college section that is available only to those with a valid college e-mail address. So far, only 31 institutions qualify as "colleges on YouTube," though another 30 are listed as coming soon. The college-only approach takes a page right out of Facebook, the social-networking site that has become a must-use part of college life for many students, and which also limits access by college e-mail address.
Some administrators have worried that students are too eager to post video footage from drunken parties and other moments that might come back to haunt them if viewed by a future employer, as a recent
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