BREITBART: A study released by the Gates Foundation is promoting a system that would track the careers of college graduates long after they receive their degrees, attacking the National Association for Independent Colleges and Universities for promoting laws that prevent up-close surveillance of students by the government…
While private institutions and some states keep these records, the study argues that the federal government should have this information pooled in one place.
What currently prevents such a database is a 2008 law that bans the project. “Without the ban,” the study explains, “the Department of Education could use student-level data already collected and stored by schools, states, and the federal government; safeguard it; and link it across schools and to other data sources – a structure known as a student unit record data system.” … (more)
