Student Privacy Policy (FERPA)

Students will log into Campus Connection and click on the eForms tile as shown below to access the FERPA Release Form. Click on FERPA Release Form on the left side of the page. Students should monitor their NDSU email for any communication about the completion of the form. For more information on FERPA please review The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

学生将被要求创建一个4位数的安全码,需要与授权个人共享。. Without the security code, 大学官员将不能与学生以外的任何人讨论受FERPA保护的信息.

Example:

Photo-Video Release

FERPA Guidelines for Faculty and Staff

FERPA Training Instructions

Notification of Rights Under FERPA

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their educational records. They are as follows:

  1. 有权在学校收到访问请求之日起45天内检查和审查学生的教育记录.
    • Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the academic department, or other appropriate official, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. 大学官员将安排访问,并通知学生可以检查记录的时间和地点.
  2. 要求修改学生认为不准确的教育记录的权利, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights.
    • Students may ask the University to amend a record and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the University decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, 大学将通知学生有关决定,并告知学生他或她有权就修改请求举行听证会. 有关听证会程序的其他信息将在通知学生有权参加听证会时提供给学生.
  3. 有权同意披露包含在学生的教育记录中的个人身份信息, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
    • 允许在未经同意的情况下披露的一个例外是向具有合法教育利益的大学官员披露. 大学官员是大学或北达科他州大学系统在行政管理部门雇用的人员, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company supervising an educational experience (student teaching, clinical experience, practicum, internship, etc.); a person or organization related to credentialing or licensing a student; a person or company with whom the University or North Dakota University System has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); employees of the North Dakota Attorney General's Office providing legal representation to NDSU; a person serving on the Board of Higher Education; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance Committee, or assisting another University or University System official in performing his or her tasks. 如果大学官员需要审查教育记录以履行其职业责任,则大学官员具有合法的教育利益.
    • Upon request, 大学在未经学生同意的情况下向学生寻求或打算注册的另一所学校的官员披露教育记录.
    • As of January 3, 2012, the U.S. 教育部的FERPA法规扩大了学生的教育记录和个人身份信息(PII)包含在这些记录中的情况,包括社会安全号码, grades, or other private information—may be accessed without student consent. First, the U.S. Comptroller General, the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Secretary of Education, 或州和地方教育当局(“联邦和州当局”)可以允许访问教育记录和PII,而无需学生同意联邦或州当局指定的任何第三方来评估联邦或州支持的教育计划. 评估可以涉及任何“主要从事提供教育”的项目," such as early childhood education and job training, as well as any program that is administered by an education agency or institution. Second, 联邦和州当局可以允许研究人员在未经学生同意的情况下获取教育记录和个人身份信息, in certain cases even when the university objects to or does not request such research. 联邦和州当局必须从他们授权接收学生个人身份信息的实体那里获得某些使用限制和数据安全承诺, but the Authorities need not maintain direct control over such entities. In addition, in connection with Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS), State Authorities may collect, compile, permanently retain, and share without student consent personally identifiable information from education records, 并可通过将此类个人身份信息与他们从其他联邦或州数据源获得的学生的其他个人信息相关联,跟踪学生在教育和其他项目中的参与情况, including workforce development, unemployment insurance, child welfare, juvenile justice, military service, and migrant student records systems.
  4. The right to request the following categories of personally identifiable information, or 'directory information', not be made public:

    • Student Name *
    • Hometown (city, state)
    • Campus E-mail address **
    • Height, weight and photos of athletic team members
    • Major field of study (all declared majors)
    • Minor field of study (all declared minors)
    • Class level
    • Dates of attendance
    • Enrollment status (withdrawn, less than half-time, half-time, three-quarter-time, full time)
    • Names of previous institutions attended
    • Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
    • Honors/awards received
    • Degree earned (all degrees earned)
    • Date degree earned (dates of all degrees earned)
    • Directory photos, 学生在公共场合或非课堂环境下的照片和录像(教室或课堂相关活动的照片不属于目录信息)


    Any student wishing to exercise this right must inform the Office of Registration and Records, 110 Ceres Hall, in writing.

    Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 学生有权通过联系注册和记录办公室要求不公开目录信息. NDSU将尊重学生保留目录信息的请求,直到学生以书面形式提出取消限制的请求. NDSU receives inquiries for "directory information" from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, prospective employers, government agencies, news media, parents, other colleges and universities, licensing agencies, etc. 在目录信息被限制后,NDSU没有责任联系学生以获得后续许可.

    * If a student provides a preferred name, NDSU tries to use it when communicating directly with the student. The preferred name is also used in class/grade rosters, academic requirement reports, email addresses, etc. Preferred name is a supported business practice, unless there is a documented business or legal reason to use the student's legal name. When communicating with outside third parties, including parents, NDSU generally uses a student's legal name.

    **校园电子邮件地址仅向同意不将其用于招揽的请求者披露.

    Furthermore, 学生可以同意将非目录信息(财务和学习成绩)发布给指定的第三方 FERPA Release Form available online. 在以书面形式撤销同意并将撤销通知送达NDSU之前,该放行一直有效.

5. The right to file a complaint with the U.S. 有关指称新大未有遵守《乐虎电子》规定的事宜:

U.S. Department of Education
Student Privacy Policy Office
400 Maryland Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20202

(01/2019)