学生隐私权- FERPA
This FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) summary is based on a document produced by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. These guidelines are 不 intended to be legal advice and are informational only. They have been revised to reflect 2024欧洲杯下注's FERPA policy, but do 不 take precedence over any OU policy or procedure. 此信息可能被复制.
如果您对开放大学的FERPA政策有疑问, please contact the 教务长 office at (248) 370-3352 or (电子邮件保护).
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 也被称为巴克利修正案, provides an OU student with the right to inspect and review his or her educational record and, 当然也有例外, to limit disclosure of information from that record.
FERPA protects students who are currently enrolled at OU or were formerly enrolled, regardless of their age or status in regard to parental dependency. 学生 who have applied but never attended OU are 不 protected under FERPA.
Educational records are broadly defined and include those records directly related to a student and maintained by OU or a person acting for OU, 比如教员或其他雇员. FERPA涵盖纪录, 文件, 文档, 学生论文和考试, and data directly related to students and maintained in any medium, 法律明确排除的除外. FERPA does 不 require OU to keep or maintain any particular record.
The following are 不 included in an educational record:
- Sole possession records or private 不es held by educational personnel that are 不 accessible or released to any other person.
- Law enforcement or campus security records used solely for law enforcement purposes.
- Employment records relating to students who are employed by the institution (unless employed because they are students).
- Medical and counseling records used in treatment and disclosed only to individuals providing treatment.
- OU records containing only information about an individual obtained after that person is no longer a student at OU (e.g.、校友纪录).
- 学生论文和学位论文.
The following 文档 can be removed from an educational record prior to student review:
- 任何与其他学生有关的信息.
- 学生父母的财务记录.
- Confidential letters and statements of recommendation when the student has waived in writing the right to see them.
The following people may be provided with a student’s educational records:
- 学生和老师获得学生书面同意的任何一方.
- School officials who have legitimate educational interests as defined in FERPA.
- 法院, in response to a judicial order or subpoena; however, a reasonable effort must be made to 不ify the student before complying with the court order.
OU may disclose the following information about a student, unless the student has specified that directory information 不 be released. 指定目录信息包括:
- 名字
- OU的电邮地址
- 度, 所获荣誉及奖项, including scholarships and eligibility for inclusion in national honor societies
- 学生申请的学位
- 主修领域
- 注册状态
- 出席日期
- 类代码
- Most recent educational agency or institution attended
- Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
- 运动员的体重和身高
- 摄影和电子图像
- 出生日期和地点
- 医学院住院医师匹配结果
Except for specific exceptions (listed in number 10 below), a signed and dated consent form must be obtained from a student for the release of information from education records. The consent form must specify what is to be released, 释放的原因, 对谁说, with a copy of the record sent to the student if he or she desires. OU may 不 require a written consent as a condition of providing a service or program.
学生的同意是 不 required to disclose information in the following instances:
- 给学校官员(在政策中定义).
- To schools in which the student seeks to enroll.
- 联邦, state and local authorities involving an audit or evaluation of compliance with education programs.
- 在经济援助方面.
- To state and local authorities pursuant to a state law adopted before November 1974 requiring the disclosure.
- 组织进行研究, 或代表, educational institutions if the students identity will be closely held and destroyed when no longer needed.
- 致认证机构.
- To comply with a judicial order or subpoena when the student has advance 不ice.
- 用于健康或安全紧急情况.
- 对于目录信息请求.
- For the results of a disciplinary hearing to an alleged victim of a crime of violence
- To parents or legal guardians of a student under the age of 21, 任何违反联邦法律的信息, 州或地方法律, 或者学校的任何规定或政策, governing the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance.
- 去美国.S. attorney general in connection with the investigation or prosecution of terrorism crimes.
个人身份信息包括:
- 学生的名字，
- 名字 of the student's parents or other family members,
- 学生或学生家庭的地址;
- A personal identifier, such as a social security number or student number, and
- A list of the student's personal characteristics.
Each OU department should establish appropriate procedures to protect the confidentiality of its electronic and paper records, educate faculty and administrators about the procedures, 确保程序得到执行. The same principles of confidentiality that apply to paper 文档 apply to electronic data.