The 家庭 Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords student certain rights with respect to their education records. 它们是:
- The right to inspect and review the student's education records within 45 days of the day 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 receives a request for access. 学生 should submit to the 注册处 written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The Registrar 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 注册处, the student shall be advised of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
- The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the student believes are inaccurate. 学生 may ask 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate. 他们应该写信给书记官长, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, 并说明为什么它不准确. If 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the student shall be notified of the decision and advised as to 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.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 in an administrative, 监督, 学术, 研究, or support staff position (including law enforcement personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 has contracted to serve as its agent or to provide services in support of its operation (such as an attorney, 审计师, 代收人, the National Student Clearinghouse for enrollment and degree verification services, 学位授与 & 成绩单处理代理, 文档管理代理, and placement sites for internship or similar student work/study opportunities); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks; consultants, volunteers or other outside parties to whom 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 has outsourced institutional services or functions that it would otherwise use employees to perform. 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. 在FERPA准则允许的范围内, 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 may disclose education records without consent to officials of another school, 要求, in which a student intends to enroll or is enrolled.
- 向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is: 家庭 政策 Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.，华盛顿特区，20202-4605. At its discretion 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 may provide 目录 信息 in accordance with the provisions of the 家庭 Education Rights and Privacy Act. 目录 信息 is defined as that information which would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. Designated 目录 信息 at 澳门威尼斯人app下载大学 includes the following: student name, 永久地址, 本地地址, 临时的地址, 电子邮件地址, 电话号码, 出席日期, 所获学位及奖项, 主修领域, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, 最后论文/毕业论文, 照片, 全职/兼职状态, 最近就读的学校, 出生日期和地点, 课程表. 学生 may withhold 目录 信息 by notifying the Registrar in writing; please note that such withholding requests are binding for all information to all parties other than for those exceptions allowed under the Act. 学生 should consider all aspects of a 目录 Hold prior to filing such a request.