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Originally posted by BetaRose
FERPA gives me a terrible headache. FERPA causes me to be yelled at on a hourly basis. FERPA has made an even bigger bureaucracy than I ever though possible. In my last position, FERPA meant that even though parental information was required to make a decision on a case, I could not discuss the case with the parent, or even tell the parent what documents I needed from them. I had to tell the parent that I would tell the student to tell the parent what documents to submit.
I understand what they were trying to do when they passed FERPA, and they had good intentions, but I think that they took it too far, and the result is garbage.
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BetaRose,
I'm with you in that it does give you me a terrible headache. I am an admissions evaluator at a university and am constantly getting yelled at by parents/guardians about why can't I say why their child was denied admissions. At the same time there are times I love the law because I can tell the obnoxious person on the other end of the phone that i am unable to discuss anything with them because of Federal Law.
The worst thing right now is all the parents of incoming freshman who are calling demanding to know why their child wasnt admitted. I just want to tell them did you ever look at your child's grades in high school - I've had more then one applicant with less then a 2.0 GPA and the parent thinks their child should be admitted to a university.
Carolyn