E-Mail Embarrasses 119 Failing Students
LAWRENCE, Kan. - More than 100 students who failed their classes at the University of Kansas last semester found out who shared their misfortune. The school's Office of Student Financial Aid sent an e-mail to 119 students Monday notifying them that they were in jeopardy of having their aid revoked.But the names of the students were included on the e-mail address list — meaning everyone who got the e-mail could see the names of all the other recipients.
Trivia Question:
There is a slight Catholic connection to this story. What is it?
We give up! What was it? My primary reaction to the article was amusement at the fact that some individuals who received the email and were dismayed at their publicity were then open to being interviewed and receiving many times more of that publicity. (Now if only I could have worded that more coherently...!)
The Federal privacy law on college records was proposed in the '70s by Catholic senator Jim Buckley (Conservative-NY), and is often known as the "Buckley Amendment".