Investigators Seek, and Colleges Provide, Information on Students

About 200 colleges have turned over information about their foreign students to federal and local authorities investigating last month's terrorist attacks, according to a nationwide survey.

Officials at law-enforcement agencies asked nearly half of those institutions to disclose private information, including financial records, prompting concern about potential abuses of students' rights.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has contacted 144 institutions since the terrorist

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