<p>LAWRENCE, Kan. - Due to an e-mail mistake by the University of Kansas, 119 students who failed all their classes during the last semester found out who shared their misfortune. </p>
<p>The students were notified earlier this week that they were in jeopardy of having their financial aid revoked. The e-mail sent Monday by the Office of Student Financial Aid asked for additional information to determine if they were still eligible for aid.</p>
<p>The e-mail address list included the names of all 119 students, with the result that everyone on it could see the names of all the others.</p>
<p>“It was a completely inadvertent, unintentional mistake,” university spokesman Todd Cohen said Thursday. “It was our error, our mistake and we deeply regret it.”</p>
<p>Nancy George of Gardner, one of the students on the list, was livid, saying the mistake was tantamount to releasing the grades of students without their permission, which the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits.</p>
<p>“When I saw everybody’s names listed on here, I thought this was totally asinine,” she said. "I have everybody’s name and information, and they have my information.</p>
<p>“Nobody should have known that I failed a class or that I even had a student loan,” she said. “It is really upsetting.” "</p>
<p>Oops. Something tells me none of these kids is going to lose their financial aid now !</p>