December 13, 2002

Colleges Debate Sharing Personal Information on Foreign Students With the FBI

By MICHAEL ARNONE

A letter that the Federal Bureau of Investigation sent to colleges requesting information about their foreign students has prompted the Association of American College Registrars and Admissions Officers to remind colleges what data they do and do not have to give federal investigators. In a statement posted on its Web site in November, the association argues that the FBI, by asking institutions to give out information that legally requires a court order, is violating a federal law that

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