A new GAO report has been released: Postsecondary Education: Many States Collect Graduates’ Employment Information, but Clearer Guidance on Student Privacy Requirements Is Needed. Here’s the abstract: Twenty-six states collect some employment-related data, such as data on salary and industry, on individual postsecondary graduates by linking student databases with states’ labor data, according to a…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: Council chiefs and YOTs warned on personal data
Neil Puffett reports: A children’s rights campaign group has written to all youth offending teams (YOTs) in England and Wales warning them that they may be breaking the law by uploading information on young people to a computer system. The move comes after Action on Rights For Children (Arch) raised concerns with the Information Commissioner’s…
Colorado colleges cash in big on credit deals
This is somewhat old news and it is a nationwide issue and not just confined to Colorado, but it may be news to some. David Migoya reports: Colorado colleges, universities and their alumni associations pocket millions of dollars a year via lucrative deals with banks and credit-card companies that peddle services to students, faculty and…
Texas teacher resigns after posting blog with personal student info
Melissa B. Taboada reports: A first grade teacher at Pillow Elementary School resigned this month after she was confronted by district officials who accused her of posting personal information about her students on her blog, a violation of the federal student privacy rights statute. (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act — more commonly known…