CC claims students decide flow of information

As a private school, Colorado College isn't required to release personnel information such as contracts and salaries of employees.

Other information is guarded by student privacy laws. Athletic director Ken Ralph said that if a student is disciplined, the student decides whether that information will be made public. The school can't divulge details. Specifics on injuries to athletes also are kept private unless the student agrees to allow the details to become public.

"We have to be very, very careful because of the students' right to privacy," Ralph said. "Sometimes we're asked questions we can't answer because of privacy issues."

Before many of the school's statements are released, campus counsel reviews them.

Student-athletes do sign an agreement with the school to share their grade-point averages so CC and the athletes can be eligible for awards. Last season when defenseman Jake Gannon was awarded a postgraduate $10,000 scholarship by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the school announced he had a 3.62 GPA.

"If he didn't sign the waiver, we can't disclose that," Ralph said.