Case name: Letter re: Owasso Public Schools, No. 05-24-1363 (OCR 11/13/24).
Case name: Letter re: Owasso Public Schools, No. 05-24-1363 (OCR 11/13/24).
Are community colleges producing better outcomes than they are typically given credit for? The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond thinks they are, and the independent research agency has created a new set of benchmarks to try to show these achievements.
In her forthcoming book, Faux Feminisms: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop, Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College, NY, and Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center Serene Khader sets out to reframe the feminist movement as one for the collective advancement of all women.
Campus buildings have been part of our community conversations of late, usually as leaders determine whether or not those particular founders or donors should be honored. But, as writer Goldie Blumenstyk recently shared, sometimes a building's name offers a sense of inclusion. Other authors have also discussed of late how physical infrastructure can help maximize campus pride, publicity, and even investment.
Case name: The School District of Osceola County, No. 04-23-1468 (OCR 11/06/23).
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not require schools to destroy student records. To reduce technology costs and limit potential data breaches, many schools and districts establish their own retention policies, including timeframes for the eventual destruction of unnecessary records. But how can institutions know if their data destruction practices comply with their FERPA duty to protect personally identifiable information in a student record?
Case name: Smith v. Tulane University, et al., No. 24-392 (E.D. La. 07/31/24).
In last month's article I wrote about the assessment of enrollment management raised by several enrollment management experts in the book, Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management and how the current system of enrollment management has not served colleges, universities, and students well.
In August, Grambling State University LA made history when it opened its state-of-the-art, 50,000 square foot digital library, making it the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and first institution in Louisiana to have such a facility. The library has 150 computer stations, 17,000 square feet of study space and multipurpose space for events, meetings and seminars.
Last month's column concluded by suggesting that you might want to consider providing examples of what a valid legitimate educational interest is as part of a written policy on internal FERPA disclosures to your school officials.