It protects the privacy o the students. Interesting enough that it applies to alumni files as well.
Student information should be treated as we treat patient information. Keep it private.
As with healthcare and the HIPPA laws, it is important to ensure privacy is met in the educations setting.
My take away on FERPA is that its designed to protect the student’s rights regarding accessing their student files and the confidentiality of their personal information. Its important to keep their information safe and for me as a FA Advisor to proctect their records.
I learned that the government does not have a specific definition related to who can access student records and therefore it is important to know your own institution's policies as it relates to FERPA. Also, better to err on the side on caution when dealing with student records and communication to ensure requirements and protections are being met.
to protect students rights and always make sure to have written permission before giving out info
It is important to error on the side of caution. With the online learning enviornment being present even more, education on FERPA is important.
FERPA is very important. Schools must strictly adhere to the guidelines set up by the Department of Education to protect the privacy of student educational records. I also learned to define what is an educational record to what is not, what triggers a record to be designated as an "Educational Record" and what is considered "Directory Information".
it is more difficult to validate requests in an on-line environment
Very Relevant information.
We are planning to send a letter to current students annually in November, announcing their FERPA rights and giving them links to two specific online folders with individual content for each student that they can have access to in google drive. I am still working on the letter to go out. I am looking for websites with information for students to explore further if they want to know more about their rights.
FERPA is similar to HIPPA
My main takeaway was concerning sole possesion. It is when they are private notes due to not being shared within the administration, insutution, or faculty.
What I have learned and found interesting is concerning sole possession. Although it may involve information about the student, because it was private and not shared with the institution and faculty, or administration. I learned that students cannot demand immediate access to the records and would have to wait and go through the process, which is the instutuion having about 45 days to respond with the requests.
Under FERPA, parents of a college student do not have access to educational records, without consent.
FERPA protects students personal information and educational records. It also gives students and parents the right to access school records as well as amend information if there are any discrepancies.
FERPA is applicable to both K-12 and higher education. FERPA is a law that privides students access to their student records and it maintains the privacy for educational records.
Students and parents also have the right to amend their educational records and complaints must be filed withing 180 days from the incident.
In our pandemic environment of education - where every educational institution has had to modify to online learning - I appreciated the perspective of having new difficulties arise in an online environment. There have been so many new challenges that everyone involved in student education has had to adapt to over the last year and a half so I can see how Ferpa, Ferpa records, privacy, disclosure, and even identifying the student that you may never meet, can all add new challenges to protecting a student's privacy.
What I have found interesting about FERPA is that just because aacademic advisor places information on the record doesn't necessarily mean it is on record. The advisor has to formall share those notes with the institution, otherwise those notes are private. I feel if the individual felt it was worth nothing, we should know.
I'm just happy to know that this is something that exists
Understanding the FERPA laws in very important in protecting student;s privacy. Some students don't want any of their information released to anyone and it's important to respect that request.
