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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: A Legal Compendium
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), otherwise known as the Buckley Amendment, is an amendment passed by Congress to protect the privacy and rights of postsecondary students. Researchers seeking information about FERPA have faced difficulty in finding pertinent source materials on the subject. This compendium gathers together legislation, regulations, articles, letters, memos, outlines, sample policies, etc., that pertain to the interpretation of the amendment. Individual sections of the report cover: the statute and the regulations; the legislative and regulatory history; interpretive materials, including technical assistance letters from the U.S. Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office; journal articles; outlines and memos; and sample policies and forms. Also included in the document is an annotated bibliography of selected additional materials. (JM)
Eight papers scheduled to be published today by the Lumina Foundation for Education, a nonprofit group based in Indianapolis, present a series of proposals on how to make college more affordable. The papers, which are part of an effort to foster public discussion about college costs, propose new federal, state, and institutional policies and practices that would save institutions and students money, and help expand access to higher education. The proposals, along with a summary of several other cost-saving ideas Lumina has collected, have been assembled into a 115-page document titled "Course Corrections," which the organization plans to make available on its college-costs Web site today. Last year, Lumina sought creative ideas to help rein in rising college costs and inform a national discussion about the issue. The group received a total of 25 submissions from higher-education researchers, state legislators, economists, a student-interest group, and others. Lumina is publishing the top proposals ahead of the group's national summit on college costs, set for November 2, in Washington, where the suggestions are expected to be discussed. "America is wasting human resources because of runaway college costs, and it's time to do something about it," Robert C. Dickeson, senior vice president for policy and organizational learning at Lumina, wrote in a foreword to "Course Corrections." "What's at stake, we believe, is the future of American postsecondary education and, through it, the accomplishment of all significant national goals and aims." Three of the papers suggest ways institutions could alter their practices to save money. The recommended changes include: outsourcing more operations, such as some administrative duties; making academic programs more efficient by, for example, requiring graduate students to enter into apprenticeships after their first year; and making better use of technology, among other ways by replacing large lecture courses with a variety of small-group, computer-based tutorials.
Offering a historical perspective, this chapter describes how amendments to the legislation continue to redefine the relationships among parents, institutions, and students.
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