Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1569 sci.math:5128 sci.physics:5166 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!johnm From: johnm@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (John Murray) Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics Subject: Re: Posting grades (Was Re: Student and Course Integrity) Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 88 20:25:45 GMT References: <1140@tank.uchicago.edu> <852@quintus.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 20 In article <852@quintus.UUCP>, ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes: > I come from NZ, and as I recall it, quite a lot > of the classes I attended had marks published. We were told from > primary school onwards that all our marks would be available to an > employer. . . . > The results of the scholarship exams at the end of high > school were published in the national newspapers. I never met anyone > who said they disliked this practice. Your _final_ grade is surely a > matter of public record: you either have your M.Phil. or whatever or > you haven't, so why should any other mark be different? What's the reason > for making it illegal to disclose class marks? In Ireland and Britain, the system is similar to New Zealand. People in the U.S. seem quite preoccupied with this type of privacy. No-one ever compares salaries, for example. On the other hand, auto licenses, credit data, etc. appear to be fairly freely available, at least to those who can afford it. As a non-American, I'm much more concerned about strangers knowing my phone number than I am about their knowing my German grades. - John Murray (My own opinions, etc.)