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Originally Posted by alum
It would be unfathomable for me or GEN Alum to call our D's Ps re: performance. Haha, she has worked in the federal political scene for several years and is a much better negotiator than her dad or I would ever be. But at the same time we like to see grades since we are paying for her education. Thank goodness our D is more than happy to share her grades at the semester-end.
Just for those parents who absolutely must receive a grade report from the college directly, call the registrar. There is a waiver form to allow a copy of student grades to be sent directly to said student's parents.
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You do realize that not every college student, even those who attend the "elite" colleges, necessarily has sane parents with whom they have good relationships, right? I trust that you also realize that just because someone is a parent doesn't necessarily mean that they're paying tuition. Also, by your logic, does that mean that a parent of a child on full scholarship or who receives full financial aid is not entitled to their kid's information because they aren't paying the $45K?
Brown--which was only a piddly $35K back in the 1999-2000 academic year
--didn't send my parents my report card. Regardless of the fact that they paid, the University saw me as an ADULT, and treated me as such. They did, however, send annual progress reports indicating where I was credit-wise towards graduation. It was all a moo point, however, because I had no problem showing them my report cards. I know that the situation was the same at UF when my sister was there--report cards didn't go to the parents.
I was a GA for Res Life at my grad school, and we had several cases where a parent would try to call the registrar to get their child's grades, or call the RA to find out what their kid was doing. Too bad that the parents in question were all crazy, weren't in regular contact with their kid, or even had a right to that information. One mother in particular was a hoot--I blogged about it, and I should post it here because it was AWESOME. Based on my experiences with that woman, I can totally support colleges respecting the privacy of their adult students.