Universities that deny requests for records about athletes may be interpreting too broadly a federal education law that protects the privacy of students’ academic records, a federal education official said Monday. The official, Paul Gammill, said the Department of Education was taking a closer look at how universities carried out the privacy law, known as…
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‘Chicago Trib’ Sues U of Illinois to Get Grades of Applicants
Continuing its investigation into how sub-par applicants with personal connections were admitted to the University of Illinois, the Chicago Tribune is suing the school demanding the applicants grade-point averages and standardized tests scores. In a lawsuit filed in Sangamon County, Ill., Circuit Court, the Tribune is demanding the U of I immediately fulfill its request…
FERPA: Brown wants student-privacy limits
Concerned that universities have gone too far to protect student privacy, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has called on federal education officials to make changes. The Ohio Democrat sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Education asking it to clean up the 35-year-old Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Brown joins a chorus of…