HEA 101: Student Unit Record Data

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Overview
The new law prohibits the establishment of a federal student unit record data system.  However, the law encourages states to establish such systems. 

Background

NAICU has long opposed the establishment of a national database of individual student information for all students enrolled in institutions of higher education.  Our primary concern is that student privacy will be jeopardized by converting from a system that collects aggregate data about students, to one that collects data about individual students, using Social Security numbers or some other personal identifiers.

More detailed background is available from the NAICU Issue Summary on Student Unit Record Data - October 2006.


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