<p>I agree with sewhappy …</p>
<p>If parents must be financially responsible for a child’s education until that child is 24, then parents should also have access to college records until the child is 24.</p>
<p>A couple years ago, a friend’s child was put on probation for earning F’s and D’s in most of his first-semester freshman classes. The boy was told that he could remain in school if he made significant improvement in the second semester. A month or so into the second semester, his father contacted the son’s faculty advisor to make sure that the son had buckled down. “We can’t give you that information,” the advisor said. “Talk to your son.” </p>
<p>“I did talk to my son,” the dad replied. “He said he’s doing fine … but that’s what he said throughout the first semester, too, when he flunked two classes!”</p>
<p>Well, in this case, the son really had improved his grades, but I still sympathize with the frustrated father who was struggling to pay the bills and yet had no official inkling if his son was holding up his end, too.</p>