Your University Collects and Maintains a Great Deal of Information

question 38

Essay

Your university collects and maintains a great deal of information about you (and potentially your parents). Using the four general categories presented in the book, what are the issues with all this information being stored on your university's information systems?

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Definitions:

Low-Level

Referring to a minimal or reduced amount or degree in a given context.

Allopatric

Describes a mode of speciation that occurs when biological populations of the same species become isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with genetic interchange.

Sympatric Speciation

The process of speciation that occurs when populations of a species that share the same habitat diverge into distinct species without being geographically isolated.

Macroevolution

Large-scale evolutionary changes that occur over geologic time, leading to the emergence of new species and diversification.