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From: thisted@galton.uchicago.edu (Ronald A. Thisted)
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Subject: Posting grades (Was Re: Student and Course Integrity)
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Date: 12 Dec 88 17:14:14 GMT
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In article <15406@joyce.istc.sri.com> gds@spam.istc.sri.com (Greg Skinner) writes:
>Another cute thing he did that pissed the hell out of a friend of
>mine was to post everyone's name, id #, and final grade on his door.
>My friend was embarrassed because he didn't get a high grade.  I, on
>the other hand, thought it was unethical.

It may not be unethical, but it is both unprofessional and *illegal*.
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 prohibits
disclosure of such information as grades without the written consent of
the student (with a few exceptions which do not apply to posting or
publishing grades).

Ron Thisted
Department of Statistics/The University of Chicago
thisted@galton.uchicago.edu