When colleges close and student transcripts go missing: ‘My life will be put on hold’

When Bay State College closed in 2023, it maintained the student records of five defunct colleges. Among them was Burdett College, absorbed by Bradford College, which later closed, leaving its records ...
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5 years after California banned holding college students’ transcripts hostage for unpaid debt, some colleges neglect the law

OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five ...
University of Delaware

Unofficial Transcripts

Unofficial transcripts are different from official transcripts in the information they display and in their appearance. Unofficial transcripts include additional advisement information, such as ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Most Colleges Withhold Students’ Transcripts Over Debt. That’s Starting to Change.

Blanket policies to withhold academic transcripts from students with outstanding loan debt to colleges are “abusive under the Consumer Financial Protection Act,” the Consumer Financial Protection ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell Includes Median Grades on Students' Transcripts

A college transcript is one of the most vital components of any application, whether to graduate school or a company. At Cornell, student transcripts list course names, grades received and, most ...
The Badger Herald

UW updates academic standing policy for student transcripts

The University of Wisconsin announced they will update student transcripts to include a new value of “Good Academic Standing” to indicate positive academic standing. In an email sent to undergraduate ...
Boston University

Access to Student Transcripts and Historical Data

As we implement a new student information system (MyBU Student) and establish new data access profiles, I write – following consultation with the appropriate bodies – to clarify how access to student ...