Approximately 300,000 University of Nebraska students' financial data is now available on a state Web site for all to see. The Associated Press reports that what began as an effort to provide transparency about spending through the state treasurer's Web site has ended up with the inclusion of student data on refunds, loans, scholarships and financial aid, complete with student names. While the university has asked for the information to be removed, the report states that the treasurer replied that his staffing is too limited to make the changes, and the university "was given several chances to scrub the data" before it was posted.
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