Number: 840

Subject:  PRIVACY RIGHTS ON GRADES

Faculty members must not post as public information on websites,bulletin boards, office doors, or elsewhere any grades (daily quiz, hour quiz, mid-term grade, final examination, or session grade) of any student by name. Such practices, including associating a student's grade with his or her initial, have been determined by the courts to constitute an invasion of privacy. In addition, the practice of leaving graded quiz papers indiscriminately outside faculty offices or on classroom tables could be interpreted as an invasion of privacy and is, therefore, prohibited.