FERPA & 保密

1 – The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the college receives a request for access. 学生应向注册主任提交, 迪安, or head of the 学术 department written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The college official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. 如果向其提出请求的官员没有保存记录, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.

2 – The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes is inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the college to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. 他们应该写信给负责记录的大学官员, 清楚地指出他们想要更改的记录部分, 并说明为什么它不准确或具有误导性. 如果学院决定不按学生的要求修改记录, the college will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.

3 – The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, 除非FERPA在未经同意的情况下授权披露. 一个例外, 哪些允许未经同意的披露, 向学校官员披露信息是否符合合法的教育利益. 学校官员被定义为学院在行政管理部门雇用的人员, 监督, 学术, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit and health staff); a person or company with whom the college has contracted (such as an attorney, 审计师, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.The college may disclose certain 目录 Information without a student’s prior written consent. 学院指定以下目录信息:

• 名字
• Address
• 电话号码
• 电子邮件地址
• 出生日期和地点
• 班级、学术专业
• 注册状态
• 荣誉(包括院长奖)
• 获得的学位(包括日期)和奖项
• 出席日期
• 曾就读的院校
• 参加官方认可的体育和活动
• 运动员的体重和身高

如果学生不希望这些信息被公布, 学生必须以书面形式要求不予发放. 有关要求应寄往:

4 -向美国提出申诉的权利.S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by the college to comply with the requirements of FERPA. 管理FERPA的办公室的名称和地址是:

截至2012年1月3日，美国财政部已宣布.S. 教育部’s FERPA regulations expand the circumstances under which your education records and personally identifiable information (PII) contained in such records — including your Social Security Number, 成绩, 或其他私人信息-可能未经您的同意而被访问. 首先，美国.S. 美国总审计长.S. 司法部长，美国.S. 教育部长, or state and local education authorities (“Federal and State Authorities”) may allow access to your records and PII without your consent to any third party designated by a Federal or State Authority to evaluate a federal- or state-supported education program. The evaluation may relate to any program that is “principally engaged in the provision of education,，比如早期儿童教育和职业培训, 以及任何由教育机构或机构管理的课程. 第二个, Federal and State Authorities may allow access to your education records and PII without your consent to researchers performing certain types of studies, 在某些情况下，即使我们反对或不要求进行此类研究. Federal and State Authorities must obtain certain use-restriction and data security promises from the entities that they authorize to receive your PII, 但当局不需要对这些实体保持直接控制. 除了, 与全州纵向数据系统有关, 国家当局可以收取, 编译, 永久保留, 在未经您同意的情况下分享您教育记录中的个人信息, and they may track your participation in education and other programs by linking such PII to other personal information about you that they obtain from other Federal or State data sources, 包括劳动力发展, 失业保险, 儿童福利, 少年司法, 服兵役, 以及移民学生档案系统.

• 学生的记录可能会被大学的工作人员查看. 教练, 顾问, 院长, 系主任也可以审查学生的学习成绩, 比如修过的课程和取得的成绩. Such access is limited to those with a legitimate educational interest in the student’s record. 出于个人原因查看信息是对学生隐私权的侵犯.
• 因为FERPA赋予学生查阅官方教育记录的权利, 信息可能会透露给个别学生. 在打电话的情况下, 然而, you should not release information unless you are certain that the caller is the student.
• Student data may not be disclosed to third parties unless the student provides a written statement permitting release. 这项禁令包括学生的父母.
• Information may not be released to government officials (including those from law enforcement agencies) without a written release from the student or a court order. Any subpoenas or court orders for student 学术 records should be referred to the 注册处.
• 当有疑问时，不应该发布信息. 例如, 如果来电者因为紧急情况需要知道学生在哪里, 永远不要查学生的课程表然后把它给别人. 而不是, 把打电话的人转给公共安全人员, 如果他们确定电话是合法的，谁将找到学生.
• 不允许张贴成绩, unless it is done with some system of codes that adequately prevents the identification of the students. Faculty should also avoid the practice of leaving graded exams or papers in an area to be picked up by students.
• 任何有权访问学生记录的人都必须遵守FERPA的限制. 学生雇员必须接受FERPA培训并遵守所有保密规定.
• 对于所有大学员工来说，了解并遵循这些指导方针是很重要的. Violations of students’ privacy rights can result in legal action or in the elimination of federal aid to the college. 任何问题可直接向注册办公室提出.