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Consider solutions to education record requests that aren't FERPA‐compliant
Author(s) -
Rainsberger Richard
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the successful registrar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7560
pISSN - 1534-7710
DOI - 10.1002/tsr.30372
Subject(s) - directory , personally identifiable information , compliance (psychology) , internet privacy , political science , law , business , computer science , psychology , social psychology , operating system
In last month's column, I discussed a situation in which a prospective employer (in a rush) was calling to verify a graduate's degree, major, and GPA. She did not have the student's transcript nor written consent to disclose any information. Thus, you had to determine a few things: (1) Did she want education records? Yes; (2) If “yes,” was the information identified as directory information by your college? Yes and No … degree and major are; GPA isn't; (3) Has the graduate exercised his right of nondisclosure of directory information? No; (4) If “no,” and if you didn't have written consent to disclose any education records, was there something in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that would permit you to provide the requested information to the employer? Well, yes. §99.31 (a)(11) allows you to disclose the graduate's degree and major since those items are identified by your college as directory information. The GPA can't be disclosed since the Family Policy Compliance Office determined years ago that this information is always considered private, nondirectory information.