Students
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA)
2025 Annual Notification of Rights under FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. (An “eligible student” under FERPA is a student who is 18 years of age or older or who attends a postsecondary institution at any age).
Please review your FERPA rights in our 2025 Annual Disclosure Notice for Students and Parents document.
Directory Information
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) permits the public release of what is termed “directory information.” For the College’s purposes, this information includes the following:
- student name
- all addresses (including email) and telephone listings
- date and place of birth
- any photographs
- cohort
- number of hours registered
- class standing
- participation in officially recognized activities
- dates of attendance
- degrees awarded and total hours earned
- special honors and awards
- the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student
A request for nondisclosure of the “directory information” must be filed with the Office of the Registrar, and will be honored by the College until the student asks to have it removed, whether or not the student is currently registered. Upon the death of a student, all privacy holds are removed.
All other student educational record information, including the student’s course schedule, are NOT considered directory information and are protected under FERPA.