The general argument made in the Los Angeles Times article, “College Kids Have Too Much Privacy” , is that the Family educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) transfers all rights under FERPA from the parent to the student and that parents, under this act, are ignorant of their child’s grades, and their wellbeing in school. The author states that “you have no right, as a parent, to know what or how your children are doing in school” and that “FERPA was made to protect student’s privacy, ensuring that no outside parties could gain access to their educational information”. The extreme educational privacy nonetheless can lead to the lack of knowledge of failing classes, violation of campus policies, and mental health problems. The author states
