Maybe colleges need to stop refusing to share anything about a student over 18 with his parent or guardian if a therapist recommends it
hell, the parents couldnt even get this guy’s’s grades much less reports on his medical condition or drop-out status unless he signed papers authorizing the University to share
He was an adult. I see no reason why the university should share info with his family. The family should require their son to allow them to look at his University records on condition of paying for any of it or co-signing on any loans with the student ... but that’s between family members.
My brother-in-law just went through this with his daughter. She had the master password to her University account and she changed the parental password so they could not go in and see her grades. They said “fine, but don’t expect us to pay any more toward your university”. She reset the password for them.
The colleges don’t make those privacy rules. They are the (unfortunate) law. Wasn’t always that way, but rather a result of all this “right to privacy” crap.
I contend that if I’m paying for school or medical treatment for someone over 18, I should have access to documentation regarding what I’m paying for. But colleges and doctors have to follow the law.