{"id":537,"date":"2019-06-25T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T19:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rivier.edu\/academics\/support-resources\/registrar\/ferpa\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:57:01","slug":"ferpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rivier.edu\/academics\/support-resources\/registrar\/ferpa\/","title":{"rendered":"FERPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FERPA applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<h2>Confidentiality of Student Records<\/h2>\n<p>In compliance with FERPA, presently enrolled students, former students, and alumni may have access to certain educational records directly related to them, as well as an opportunity for a hearing to challenge such records on the grounds that they are inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate. Students may waive the right of access to such records. Confidential evaluations and recommendations of students placed in educational records prior to January 1975 remain confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Except for specified school officials and authorized federal officials, no one shall have access to educational records without the written consent of the student concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Parents&#8217; financial records and related financial information shall not be released to students. Education records of students are released to parents only upon written request by the student or in the case of parents of dependent students with proof of dependency.<\/p>\n<h2>Directory Information<\/h2>\n<p>糖心vlog, in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), may release without the student\u2019s authorization the following directory information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u2019s Name<\/li>\n<li>Address<\/li>\n<li>Telephone Number<\/li>\n<li>Major Field of Study<\/li>\n<li>Class Year<\/li>\n<li>Dates of Attendance<\/li>\n<li>Enrollment status<\/li>\n<li>Degrees and Awards received (if any)<\/li>\n<li>Place of Employment<\/li>\n<li>Most Recent Previous Educational Agency or Institution Attended<\/li>\n<li>E-mail address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once students are granted access to Colleague Self-Service, students can grant Proxy access to a third party and they can grant Student Records Release, assigning a pin to a third party to access through User Options. Step-by-step instructions to grant Proxy access can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivier.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/07\/Colleague-Self-Service-Proxy.pdf\">Proxy Access Guide<\/a>. Instructions to allow the Student Records Release can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivier.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/07\/Colleague-Self-Service-Student-Records-Release.pdf\">Student Records Release Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If a student wishes to restrict access to third parties, including potential employers requesting enrollment or graduation verification and on the Commencement program, they will need to contact the Office of the Registrar at <a href=\"mailto:asktheregistrar@rivier.edu\">asktheregistrar@rivier.edu<\/a> using their student email account.<\/p>\n<h3>What Are Not Education Records?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sole possession records or private notes held by school officials that are not accessible or released to other personnel,<\/li>\n<li>Law enforcement or campus security records that are solely for law enforcement purposes and maintained solely by the law enforcement unit,<\/li>\n<li>Records relating solely to an individual\u2019s employment by the institution that are not available for any other purpose,<\/li>\n<li>Records relating to treatment provided by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or other recognized professional or paraprofessional and disclosed only to individuals providing treatment,<\/li>\n<li>Records of an institution that contain only information about an individual obtained after that person is no longer a student, i.e., alumni records,<\/li>\n<li>Grades on peer-graded papers that have not been collected and recorded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u201cHealth and Safety\u201d Exception<\/h3>\n<p>Institutions may take into consideration circumstances pertaining to the health and safety of a student or other individuals to disclose information from education records without a student\u2019s consent. If the institution determines there is \u201carticulable and significant threat\u201d to the health and safety of the student or others, information from education records can be released \u201cto any person whose knowledge of the situation is necessary to protect\u201d the health and safety of the student or other individuals.<\/p>\n<p>For more information regarding FERPA, please see the 糖心vlog <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.rivier.edu\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academic Catalog<\/a> or to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures to comply with the requirements of FERPA, the name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentprivacy.ed.gov\">Student Privacy Policy Office<\/a><br data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1280\" \/>U.S. Department of Education<br data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1311\" \/>400 Maryland Avenue, SW<br data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1337\" \/>Washington, DC 20202-8520<br data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1365\" \/>Email: <a class=\"cursor-pointer\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1386\">FERPA@ed.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FERPA applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. 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