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University of Iowa Committee on Human Rights policies, 1958-1986

1972-05-19 Marian Sheafor to Dean Philip G. Hubbard Page 1

May 19, 1972

Mr. Philip Hubbard
Vice Provost
Jessup Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52240

Dear Dean Hubbard:

The Human Rights Committee reviewed with interest the deletions and additions made by the Research council in the recommend policy and confidentiality of student records. We would like to suggest the following to be reconsidered before the policy on confidentiality of student records is finalized. 

1. The Committee recommends that the following words "which is not incompatible with professional standards and ethics" be added to the first sentence which has its conclusion in the first line on page 2 in section B2. The entire sentence would then read as follows beginning on on page 1 - Members of the faculty (rank of instructor and above) and administrative staff of the University shall have access to any information in the possession of the Dean of Admissions and Records when necessary for the performance of their academic, administrative, or student advisory duties, which is not incompatible with professional standards and ethics. 

2. The committee would like to have the sentence "all other requests for confidential information for the purpose of research will be submitted to the University Human Rights Committee for recommendation of approval or disapproval." left in the document in section B3 7th to 9th line. This would continue to place the Human Rights Committee as a protector of the individual student's rights and leave it in a Committee which has no other goals whatsoever and could not be bias in favor of the value of the research or any other possible bias. We do not see the usefulness of the Human Rights Committee receiving requests only for the purposes of referral to the University Research Committee and Committee C. 

3. We would like to recommend that the following words "and other University offices" be inserted following Dean of Admissions and Records, in the second line of the first sentence of section B4 as well as other places in the document that would coincide with that sentence.

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May 19, 1972 Mr. Philip Hubbard Vice Provost Jessup Hall The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Dean Hubbard: The Human Rights Committee reviewed with interest the deletions and additions made by the Research council in the recommend policy and confidentiality of student records. We would like to suggest the following to be reconsidered before the policy on confidentiality of student records is finalized. 1. The Committee recommends that the following words "which is not incompatible with professional standards and ethics" be added to the first sentence which has its conclusion in the first line on page 2 in section B2. The entire sentence would then read as follows beginning on on page 1 - Members of the faculty (rank of instructor and above) and administrative staff of the University shall have access to any information in the possession of the Dean of Admissions and Records when necessary for the performance of their academic, administrative, or student advisory duties, which is not incompatible with professional standards and ethics. 2. The committee would like to have the sentence "all other requests for confidential information for the purpose of research will be submitted to the University Human Rights Committee for recommendation of approval or disapproval." left in the document in section B3 7th to 9th line. This would continue to place the Human Rights Committee as a protector of the individual student's rights and leave it in a Committee which has no other goals whatsoever and could not be bias in favor of the value of the research or any other possible bias. We do not see the usefulness of the Human Rights Committee receiving requests only for the purposes of referral to the University Research Committee and Committee C. 3. We would like to recommend that the following words "and other University offices" be inserted following Dean of Admissions and Records, in the second line of the first sentence of section B4 as well as other places in the document that would coincide with that sentence.