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DENTON – Josh Ingram and other Texas Woman's University criminal justice students gathered around his laptop Wednesday afternoon on campus, unable to believe the information Ingram had accessed.
The 24-year-old junior discovered an online loophole where he could look up any student record he wanted through the university's Degree Audit Report System. And Ingram thought he had the ability to change grades with the help of a drop-down menu.
But TWU officials said Friday that no one ever had the ability to change grades and no identifying information was in jeopardy.
The Degree Audit Report System isn't the university's official record, but it is a copy for students to track their degree completion, said a university official. The loophole discovered this week gave students access to the adviser's portion of the report system, said Robert Placido, associate vice president of information technology services.
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