Federal Plan to Keep Data on Students Worries Some

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - A proposal by the federal government to create a vast new database of enrollment records on all college and university students is raising concerns that the move will erode the privacy rights of students.

Until now, universities have provided individual student information to the federal government only in connection with federally financed student aid. Otherwise, colleges and universities submit information about overall enrollment, graduation, prices and financial aid without identifying particular students.

For the first time, however, colleges and universities would have to give the government data on all students individually, whether or not they received financial assistance, with their Social Security numbers.

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This is from the New York Times, The URL was just really long, and this is the shortned version.

Luckily, it probably has no chance of becoming effective. This would have no impact on me but it is totally outrageous and unnecessary. The NYT article should have revealed the name of the bureaucrat who came up with this brainstorm.

It doesn't effect England lol