In general, the university does not release [personal identifiable information] to third parties without students' consent, although there are some exceptions.

Every citizen has a right to inspect public record. However, any information related to students is considered an educational record that belongs to the student, which is not considered a public record.

What the university has done is set a clear policy to respect the privacy of all of its members with respect to their electronic communications. It's making a blanket policy that we're not going to routinely monitor, inspect or access student electronic information.

The General Education program does a good job of building breadth for students at the University and we don't need to add more to it. You've got the upper level and the language strengthening, and I think you have to lighten up on this other little piece.

It is important for students to understand and be aware of their privacy rights and their limits of their rights.

The First Amendment permits a public university to charge its students an activity fee used to fund a program to facilitate extracurricular student speech if the program is viewpoint neutral,