Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, also known as FERPA or the Buckley Amendment, protects the privacy of student educational records while allowing colleges to maintain campus safety. The act affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their educational records. An “eligible student” is a student who is 18 years of 年龄 or older or a student any 年龄 who attends a postsecondary institution. The 学生记录 Office is the office authorized to release student information.
Rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA):
The following student rights are covered by the Act and afforded to eligible students:
- The right to inspect and review information in the student’s educational records
- The right to request amendment of the contents of the student’s educational records if believed to be inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy or other rights
- The right to limit disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in educational records (except in certain situations specified in the FERPA regulations)
- The right to file a complaint with the U. S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by the college to comply with the provisions of the Act
每一项权利, 有任何限制或例外, is explained in the college’s policy statement, which may be obtained from the Registrar.
中央卡罗莱纳技术学院 will disclose information from a student’s educational record only with the written consent of the student except in certain situations. FERPA allows disclosure of information without written consent from the student under the following circumstances:
- To school officials who have a legitimate educational interest in the records and have a need to know (includes persons employed by the College or under contract with the College to perform a special task, 如律师或审计员);
- Agents acting on behalf of the institution (contractors, consultants);
- Federal, state, and local educational and governmental 年龄ncies;
- Organizations conducting studies for educational 年龄ncies or institutions for the purpose of developing, 验证, 或者进行预测性测试, 学生援助, 或指令;
- 认证机构;
- 国防部;
- Authorized representative of the College may release information which is specifically requested to lawyers for the plaintiff and defendant upon subpoena issued by proper court authorities;
- To appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies;
- Parents if their student (under 21) has violated the alcohol or drug policy at the College; and
- 披露“目录信息”
目录信息
In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), certain directory information may be released without the written consent of the student. Directory information is general information that may be released by the College, 由其自行决定, unless a request for nondisclosure is on file in the 学生记录 Office. The following is considered directory information at 中央卡罗莱纳技术学院:
- 学生的名字
- address
- 电子邮件地址
- 电话号码
- 学习计划
- 入学日期
- 所获荣誉及奖项
- 学位/文凭授予
- unique student identifier numbers (not Social Security Number)
- photographic, videographic and electronic im年龄s
Directory information will only be released while exercising extreme caution, so as not to cause harm to the student. If you wish not to have this information released, you must make a request for nondisclosure with the 学生记录 Office.
Students have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by the College to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is:
家庭政策遵从处
U.S. 教育部
马里兰大道400号，西南
华盛顿特区邮编:20202-5901