[socalstanfan1]

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/...dents.html

Glad you posted this, Yvonne.  I actually teach at a public university here in California and we are not allowed to say anything at all to parents about their child's performance in our classes.  With that level of privacy granted to a student's academic life, it seems extremely unlikely that the university administration could publicly announce the admission status of a student.  It also strikes me as unethical.  Applications for the university are private.  We wouldn't broadcast a student's high school transcripts.  Students should be allowed to make the decision to announce their admission status themselves, and I think reporters covering this need to develop their own ethical standards in order to draw their own limits on what they will, and will not, publish.

[socalstanfan1]

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/...dents.html

Glad you posted this, Yvonne.  I actually teach at a public university here in California and we are not allowed to say anything at all to parents about their child's performance in our classes.  With that level of privacy granted to a student's academic life, it seems extremely unlikely that the university administration could publicly announce the admission status of a student.  It also strikes me as unethical.  Applications for the university are private.  We wouldn't broadcast a student's high school transcripts.  Students should be allowed to make the decision to announce their admission status themselves, and I think reporters covering this need to develop their own ethical standards in order to draw their own limits on what they will, and will not, publish.