Over the past few years, courts across the country have confronted a common scenario. Members of the public and media request records from a public university pertaining to its investigations of sexual assault and misconduct on campus. Then, media outlets contend they have a right to access these records under state open records laws. But the university claims that it cannot, or will not, disclose the records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ( FERPA ). The media outlet then files suit to compel disclosure. This Note explores the competing privacy and access interests at stake in this situation, using the North Carolina Supreme Court\u27s 2021 decision in The Daily Tar Heel v. Folt as a case study. It argues that t...
Recent scandals on the campuses of major universities in the United States have deeply affected not ...
Federal privacy law is all to often misconstrued or perverted to preclude the disclosure of video re...
Students have substantial privacy rights in their student records, and a party who seeks the unilate...
Over the past few years, courts across the country have confronted a common scenario. Members of the...
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) re-quires that universities receiving federal ...
Controversies on college campuses nationwide have led to widespread calls to reform the investigativ...
In Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. v. State, a sharply divided Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting ...
Educational institutions are required either by law or by necessity to maintain records on students....
Without access to information, the press cannot do its job serving the public. Although the First Am...
Are universities properly applying FERPA to journalists\u27 requests for information about athletic ...
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law enacted in 1474. FERPA provid...
So complex are the questions of what the right of privacy is, and when and how it can be invoked, th...
Court records present a conundrum for privacy advocates. Public access to the courts has long been a...
The Supreme Court of.the United States has held that a state may not base a cause of action for inva...
Academic freedom protects professors from institutional censorship or discipline when they exercise ...
Recent scandals on the campuses of major universities in the United States have deeply affected not ...
Federal privacy law is all to often misconstrued or perverted to preclude the disclosure of video re...
Students have substantial privacy rights in their student records, and a party who seeks the unilate...
Over the past few years, courts across the country have confronted a common scenario. Members of the...
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) re-quires that universities receiving federal ...
Controversies on college campuses nationwide have led to widespread calls to reform the investigativ...
In Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. v. State, a sharply divided Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting ...
Educational institutions are required either by law or by necessity to maintain records on students....
Without access to information, the press cannot do its job serving the public. Although the First Am...
Are universities properly applying FERPA to journalists\u27 requests for information about athletic ...
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law enacted in 1474. FERPA provid...
So complex are the questions of what the right of privacy is, and when and how it can be invoked, th...
Court records present a conundrum for privacy advocates. Public access to the courts has long been a...
The Supreme Court of.the United States has held that a state may not base a cause of action for inva...
Academic freedom protects professors from institutional censorship or discipline when they exercise ...
Recent scandals on the campuses of major universities in the United States have deeply affected not ...
Federal privacy law is all to often misconstrued or perverted to preclude the disclosure of video re...
Students have substantial privacy rights in their student records, and a party who seeks the unilate...