The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. 这些权利包括:
- The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the University receives a request for access.
学生应向注册主任提交, 迪安, 学术部门的负责人, 或其他适当的官员, a written request that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. The University official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the University official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
FERPA does not guarantee a student the right to a copy of his/her education record. 副本的授权由记录保管人决定. 学生将被收取1美元.如获授权，每页00英镑.
- The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate, 误导, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA.
A student who wishes to ask the University to amend a record should write the University official responsible for the record, 清楚地指出学生想要更改的记录部分, 并说明为什么要更改它.
如果学校决定不按要求修改记录, the University will notify the student in writing of the decision and the student’s 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.
- The right to provide written consent before the University discloses personally identifiable information from the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure 不同意.
The University discloses education records without a student’s prior written consent under the FERPA exception for disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the University in an administrative, 监督, 学术或研究, or support staff position; a person or company with whom the University has contracted as its agent to provide a service instead of using University employees or officials (such as an attorney, 审计师, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, 比如纪律委员会或申诉委员会, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. Individuals whose responsibilities place them within this category include, 但不限于, teachers; faculty advisers; admissions counselors; academic advisers; counselors; career services personnel; 迪安s, 部门的椅子, 董事, and other administrative officials responsible for some part of the academic enterprise or one of the supporting activities; university police personnel; health services staff; development officers; staff in the 校友 Association; administrative and faculty sponsors of officially recognized clubs, 组织, 等.; members, 包括学生和校友, 官方大学委员会, staff personnel (including student employees) employed to assist University officials in discharging professional responsibilities; and persons or entities under contract to the University to provide a specific task or service related to the University’s educational mission.
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 responsibilities for the University. 合法的教育利益包括, 但不限于, 教学, 研究, 公共服务, 以及诸如学术指导等直接支持活动, 一般的咨询, 治疗咨询, 纪律, 职业咨询和就业安置, 财政援助和建议, 医疗服务, 安全, raising endowment in support of student scholarships and academic programs, 以及学术援助活动. 除了, the University officially recognizes appropriate co-curricular activities that are generally supportive of overall goals of the institution and contribute generally to the well-being of the entire student body and specifically to many individuals who participate in these activities. 这些活动包括, 但不限于, 大学和校内运动, 社会兄弟会和姐妹会, 官方特殊兴趣俱乐部, 还有学生会.
要求, the University also discloses education records 不同意 to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.
- 向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by the University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. 管理FERPA的办公室的名称和地址是:
U.S. 教育部
学生私隐政策办公室
马里兰大道400号，西南
华盛顿特区20202-8520
- A student may request that directory information not be released to anyone other than those persons defined as school officials. Students should contact the 注册处 to request a Confidential Holds form or visit the 注册处 web page.
- A student can consent to the release of his/her education records. 同意书必须是书面的, 签名并注明日期, 指定要公开的教育记录, state the purpose of the disclosure and identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made. Students should contact the 注册处 to request an Academic Information Release form or visit the 注册处 web page.
- FERPA允许学校公开教育记录, 不同意, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31)提供给具有合法教育利益的学校官员, 代表学生转校, 审计, 金融援助, 认证机构, 传票, 以及健康/安全紧急情况.
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