Can a school know if you have a degree, if you don't tell them?

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The transcripts are just part of what they do. They do report to other schools and schools can check you out in it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_S...aringhouse

Interesting. I somehow managed to have several schools that were not participants in their program, which is surprising given that they have, according to Wikipedia, 97% participation. I stand corrected.

I do seem to remember that degree earned, year, and name of graduate are considered "directory information" under whatever federal law dictates privacy rights regarding student information, so it's clearly legal for his info to be collected and disseminated.