tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post2370545198947497106..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Mandatory Swastika RecommendationsDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-33302861394019167172017-02-05T10:27:09.472-08:002017-02-05T10:27:09.472-08:00From my vantage, licensing the initial letter impl...From my vantage, licensing the initial letter implicitly allows follow-up communications. That has to be right, though I might start explicitly including a statement to that effect when folks ask for letters from me. <br /><br />I always assumed my recommenders had access to where I was applying. I don't think I've ever written a letter that went out "blind", though maybe it's different in HS. I don't know.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-11993436046324554252017-02-05T06:29:20.107-08:002017-02-05T06:29:20.107-08:00I agree with you.
But to game out the devil's...I agree with you. <br />But to game out the devil's advocate scenario, isn't it reasonably likely that there are student privacy concerns with the recommendation rescinder also, perhaps concerns more pressing/severe than in the other cases? <br />In the 1st place, was it intrinsically a violation of student privacy to send the recision letter to the college without getting consent from the student/guardian first? That's a problem for the academic freedom reasons you indicate, and potentially ends up as protected speech if fully adjudicated, but FERPA is pretty strict, especially concerning minors. Kids/family frequently waive rights to view rec letters, in which case it could be fine to amend the letter in the school files w/o notice, but does the initial request for a letter involve waiving right to view other communications?<br />Also, how did the teacher know where to send the recision letter? I remember that when I was applying, I asked some teachers to put a letter into my file with the school guidance office, and the counselors then bundled off copies of all the rec letters in the same packet as copies of transcripts and etc once I notified them of my applications to particular schools. So if that practice was in place here, how did the teacher know what schools needed to get recisions? S/he could have the counselor pull the letter from the file for going forward, but that doesn't fix apps that already went out. Does finding out and then sending letters to the schools needing recisions involve acting on privileged info?bookworm914https://www.blogger.com/profile/14401809945292061820noreply@blogger.com