The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) have made your job as a reporter more difficult. Concerns for privacy have gained momentum due to fears of terrorism and increasing instances of indentity theft. We’ll discuss in class several scenarios where ethics, victims’ rights and strict interpretation of HIPPA and FERPA must be considered.

Links relating to covering higher ed on the Auraria campus include a redefinition of the size of the campus (by the campus police), Metro’s budget data book and two adgenda items from the Board of Trustees. Item 1 covers the institution’s demographics; item 2 is a snapshot of the budget.  (Scroll to the bottom for both.)