Re: the tutee's privacy

[ann.russell@wmich.edu]

Noreen,
	At Western Michigan's Writing Lab we obtain students' permission
before sending reports to instructors.  We do send out quite a few
reports.

Ann Russell

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Noreen Lape wrote:

> I am currently involved in establishing a writing center at my 
> university.  In one of our planning discussions, we thought about 
> having tutors send brief reports about the tutoring sessions to the 
> tutee's instructor.  We also talked about having a sign-in book that 
> instructors could have access to if they wanted to see if a student 
> had been receiving tutoring.   
> 
> Does anyone know if allowing the instructor to know about a student's 
> tutoring session legally violates that student's privacy?  Is it 
> common or not common practice to keep the tutee's 
> instructor informed?
> 
> Noreen Lape
> Department of Language and Literature
> Columbus State University 
> 
>