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By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO,
The New York Times,
November 29, 2004,
Late Edition – Final,
Section A; Column 1; National Desk; Pg. 19.

A proposal by the federal government to create a vast new database of enrollment records on all college and university students is raising concerns that the move will erode the privacy rights of students….

”The concept that you enter a federal registry by the act of enrolling in a college in this country is frightening to us,” Ms. Flanagan [vice president for government relations at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities] said.

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