Dan wrote:
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<Why not just always offer to give the student a copy of the letter?
<What have you got to hide? I don't always do this myself, but I
<know several colleagues who do, and if a student asked for a copy
<of the letter I certainly wouldn't mind.
<-dan
I strongly agree with Dan. If you don't want a student to see what you wrote,
you've got no business writing it. In my opinion (not shared by all, I know)
the whole traditional confidentiality structure inhibits rather than enables
the free flow of honest information about people. If, for example, you feel a
student could be working harder, then tell him or her, not just potential
employers or graduate schools.
JEG
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