Looks like some schools are fully aware of the potential ill effects a MySpace profile can have on their students' career prospects. A couple of days ago, WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida, aired a report on the University of South Florida - St. Petersburg's efforts to educate students about the issue:

During orientation and in the University's code of conduct, school officials remind students just how a not-so-positive website could affect life after college.

"In the future, when they're looking for a job, and the employer has seen whatever kind of picture and statements are available, you can hurt yourself, people need to be aware, whatever they put up will be available."

It's not clear from the story whether USF is actually setting MySpace content policies for its students or simply making them aware of possible problems they may encounter. For the sake of free speech, I certainly hope it's the latter. That way, it's entirely up to the individual students whether they care about any negative effects. At the very least, the story seems to make clear that USF has rejected the head-in-the-sand approach of schools like Del Mar College who ban use of MySpace altogether.

[First Coast News] Potential Bosses May be looking at you on MySpace