Why are teachers NOT allowed to tell parents of their child's progress or grades in college without child's permission?

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Im guessing that if they are in college then they are over the age of 18. Once that age parents cannot even call to see how they made out at the Doctores. They are now condsidered adults.

Because a college student is an adult, and their parents have no legal right to information about them.

Makes no difference who is paying for the education. The parents have no rights to personal information about an adult child. It is a law, and the school could get into legal trouble for giving that information out.

I would think the student would be mature enough to allow the parents to have access, if they were paying for the school, but the student doesn't have to give permission. The parents could always stop paying, if they want to.

It's a violation of Federal law which was enacted several years ago. Under FERPA (that's what it's called), even if a parent is footing the bill for a person's college education, it's a violation of a student's right to privacy. This was one of the more brilliant laws enacted a few years ago by a well-meaning, but stupid Congress that didn't have anything better to do at that particular moment.

If the student is paying all their own bills - or going in debt as the case may be - that would be one thing, but if the parent is footing the bill, can't tell 'em, sorry. I've had parents come by my office to ask how their child/student is doing in my class and I have to tell them it's against the law for me to tell them. They're usually dumbfounded!

Amazed! And, a parent can't contact a faculty member once the semester is over to talk about a grade either. Only the student is allowed to discuss a final grade with a professor.

I understand that parents pay a great amount of money for college and that parents are concerned about their children. If a child isn't doing well in college classes, the parent should be talking to that child to find out about problems. The parent can encourage the child to go to any number of help centers on campus, arrange conferences with the professors, or to take more responsibility for his/her studies.

I see no reason why parents paying tuition can't see their children's grades (and that was the way it worked before the privacy laws), but parents shouldn't be calling professors to check in on their children. Even before the privacy laws, I can't say that I heard of many parents calling professors. I know my parents didn't.

I've taught both college and high school classes. While Oldppe doesn't seem to mind parents contacting him/her, most professors want the student to contact them. They want the student to assume responsibility for the classes.At some point, as anxiety-inducing as it may be, the parents needs to let the child speak for himself or herself and assume responsibility.

After all, no parent is going to call the the child's boss when the child gets his/her first job to help the child do better in the workplace, right? College is a good place to start letting the student become a mature and resposible adult.

Well, yes, you can have your child sign a release to access grades. I think any school will allow your child to do so, but the point is that the law doesn't allow that information to be shared unless the child gives permission first.

Depends on the college. Where my kids went, they gave us parents a phone number and as we entered our children social security # we had all the grades reported to us. We were paying for the college so it makes sense we had access to them.As they started their freshman year they signed a release allowing the college to do so.

Teachers - particularly college and university ones - and parents......

Mostly for teachers - but parents can answer it too.

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