# Discourse Installs for Non-Profit and Education

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installs-for-non-profit-and-education/12878>\
**Category:** Blog\
**Created:** [2014 年 2 月 19 日午後 6:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installs-for-non-profit-and-education/12878 "2014-02-19T18:34:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![eriko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eriko/32/1915_2.png) [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Post date:** [2014 年 2 月 19 日午後 9:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installs-for-non-profit-and-education/12878/2 "2014-02-19T21:28:37Z")

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As much as I like this I think most .edu’s in the USA will have FERPA issues if they let students into something like this. This is part of why we host our own instance. That and I like coding on it. We also use Canvas which is cloud hosted and part of the selection process was them proving that they protected the data.

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