Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators IV.G. Guidelines on the Confidentiality of Student Records
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(Source: Office of the Provost, December 8, 1969)

     The University's guidelines on the confidentiality of student records are available in the bulletin published annually by each school and from the Office of the Secretary.

    The University's policy includes provisions concerning (a) informing individuals in attendance of their rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, the implementing regulation, and University Guidelines, (b) permitting students to inspect and review their records, (c) not disclosing personally identifiable information from the records of a student or an applicant for admission without his or her prior written consent, (d) maintaining a record of disclosures of personally identifiable information from the records of a student and permitting a student to inspect that record, and (e) providing a student with an opportunity to seek the correction of these records through a request to amend them or a hearing.

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