CLHE Journal Feature

CLHE submitted a comment on the proposed FERPA rules. These new regulations may be the biggest attack on student privacy rights since FERPA was enacted.

As stated in the comment: “It “may” be sound policy to push statewide longitudinal data systems, however, this does not give the Department the authority to ignore the plain language and intent of FERPA to achieve that policy objective.

For admissions officers, there may not be a more controversial and important topic than whether institutions should have some type of mechanism in place to learn about the prior criminal behavior of applicants. This special report is intended to provide some useful information to institutions as they wrestle with this question.