January 18, 1975 (vol. 85, iss. 90) • Page Image 4
… Eighty-four years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Saturday, January 18, 1975 News Phone: 764-0552 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 Law…
… hedges on file access THE ALLEGEDLY LIBERATING new federal law which theoretic- ally allows students access to their own personal and academic records looks like little more than a variation on the "give…
…-em-a-few-inches-and- maybe-they'll-be-quiet" routine. As a result of the new amendment to the only months-old Educational Rights and Privacy Act, certain of the con- tents of student files may still be kept from them. Letters…
… amendment missed one essential point: the student wants access to his counseling file because it pertains to him and no one else; we want some knowledge of what is being compiled with regard to our…
… personalities, our financial status, and our academic careers. Rather than giving students an undisputed right to their files, - which would, incidentally, help to de- ter such secret entries as the OAIS test…



