National Database to Track College Students Proposed
Private colleges fired a rather noisy shot across the bow of an education proposal aimed at keeping closer tabs on institutions of higher learning through a new national database of student records. The controversial concept of a national student �unit� tracking system has been floating around for about two years. It was given a boost last month when Education Secretary Margaret Spellings� Commission on the Future of Higher Education released a draft report endorsing such a plan.
Proposal to track college students assailed as privacy invasion, Washington Post, July 16, 2006.
