The many parents who care about how their son/daughter does in high school is a natural phenomenon. Good parents will work with their child and their child's school to make sure that grades are where they should be. In college, the reigns go to the student. The student works with various college groups and help facilities in order to raise their grades at an appropriate level. If a student is failing and may be at risk of leaving the college, parents need to be notified if they fall under the following two categories.
Normally, parents work with their incoming college student on payments for college. They may set up a plan together so that both the son/daughter and the parents pay for college together. Because the parents could be investing a lot of money in their child's education, if the child is failing, the parents have a right to know. Just like a donor wants to know where the money is going, a parent wants to make sure that their student is using their money to the fullest possible potential.
Another possibility is that the college student has had some sort of schooling help that he/she required in order to pass school successfully. Parents could be told that their college student is failing and very well could be taken from college, in this case. This is positive because the parents may know a solution to the problem and can make choices based on previous help that the student needed in K-12.
Now, if a student is completely independent by: paying for college, paying for lodging, paying for books, and by taking all necessary help when possible, no parent needs to be told about failing grades.
As an educational system, the system makes discretion of grades between all students. It is common for teachers to hand tests back upside down so that peers do not see what the grade is. If a parent does not have any control of their child, they do not need to know if they are failing out of college.
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