If anyone desires to examine the report, copies may be obtained by request. Contact the Registrar’s Office at ext. 4409
Notice of Student Rights under FERPA DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION North Central University complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). This Act was designed to protect the privacy of education records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their education records and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through formal and informal hearings.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Notice The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended, provides certain rights to students regarding their educational records. All students are protected under this act from the time they begin attending classes at North Central University, regardless of age or minor status. Each year North Central University is required to give notice of the various rights accorded to students pursuant to FERPA. In accordance with FERPA, all students are notified of the following rights. Right to give permission for disclosure of personally identifiable information. Students have the right to provide written consent before the University discloses personally identifiable information from the student’s records, except to the extent that FERPA and the regulations regarding FERPA authorize disclosure without the student’s permission. FERPA Authorizations and the FERPA PIN Students must complete the FERPA Authorization Form in order to notify the university in writing of their standing release to the university to disclose confidential student information from the Registrar’s Office, Student Financial Services, Housing or Student Development. Students must present their North Central University photo ID when requesting information in person at various university offices. Written requests for information must come from the student’s secure NCU Email account. In order to request information over the telephone, a FERPA Pin will be required from both the student and any individuals authorized on the student’s account. Parents or legal guardians authorized on the account will be required to provide their student’s name, their name and relationship to the student, along with the FERPA Pin. Right to withhold disclosure of “Directory Information”. FERPA uses the term “directory information” to refer to those categories of personally identifiable information that may be released for any purpose at the discretion of North Central University without notification of the request or disclosure to the student. “Directory information is . . . information contained in an educational record of a student which would not generally be considered harmful or an
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