Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, March 9, 2021, reports that the nation’s colleges and universities employ several stratagems to withhold information about sexual misconduct from the public. The following are four of the stratagems. Schools claim that the federal student privacy rights law allowing schools to inform students of offenders names and offenses was not binding, that they had the leeway to deny information. Schools cited privacy rights in withholding disciplinary records. Schools said they were legally bound to give information but stalled, charged exorbitant fees or classified formation to put it beyond reach. Schools forced the public and news outlets to resort to lawsuits, an arduous and expensive option.
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