November 26, 2004

Proposed Change in How Federal Government Collects Student Data Raises Privacy Concerns

By JOSEPH GIDJUNIS

Map: Showing how states collect student data

The federal government is considering a plan to begin tracking the educational progress of every student enrolled in higher education as part of a massive overhaul of the database it uses to calculate higher-education statistics.

Officials at the Department of Education are studying the feasibility of requiring colleges to provide specific information about each of their students

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