Resolution 99-34: SECURITY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS!
| Number | 99-34 |
| Description | non-ss option for id # |
| Authored by |
Jeannie Panton |
| Sponsored by |
April Anderson |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, April 20, 1999 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, September 21, 1999 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - The registrar already has an option for students who want to change their ID number, and students don't want the hassle of learning another number (according to a poll conducted by the committee). |
| Whereas | The University of Texas at Arlington currently uses Social Security numbers as a means of student identification on student records and roles; and |
| Whereas | Increasing levels of technology make the acquisition of individual social security numbers threatening to personal information including bank accounts, credit cards, and credit histories; and |
| Whereas | Though the Registrar's Office allows the opportunity for students to change their student identification number from their social security number to a randomly assigned identifier, students most often will not make the number change until their personal information has been targeted; and |
| Whereas | Other Texas state universities and state universities nation-wide recognize the importance of non-social security number identifiers as being instrumental in maintain student security. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | UTA institute a policy of non-social security number identifiers to account for students on all university-related records; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | This policy be implemented immediately, but may include the phasing out of current students with social security number identifiers through graduation or attrition. |
| Downloadable File | Download 99-34SecurityforSocialSecurityNumbers__1627938013.pdf |