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by kayodelycaon 1057 days ago
Student records are protected by federal law. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Educational_Rights_an...

Personally, I think an individual’s privacy should take precedence here.

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> Personally, I think an individual’s privacy should take precedence here.

There's no individual's privacy even at stake here. None of the data that's non-public is even material or relevant to the dispute here, beyond that the professors in question signed an agreement to access the data for unrelated matters.