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Student Confidentiality (FERPA)
Kansas State University maintains various
student records to document academic progress as well as to record interactions
with University officials and staff. To protect the students' rights
to privacy,
and to conform with federal law ( FERPA ),
the University has an established the Student Records Policy.
Interpretation of this policy is based on experience with educational records,
and the policy
itself may subsequently be modified in light of this experience. Notice of
this policy and of students' rights under FERPA is given annually.
Copies
of this policy are available at the Registrar's Office, 118 Anderson Hall,
and it is published in the Undergraduate and
Graduate Catalog and in the Course
Schedules.
Student Rights according to the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA)
1. Right of
Inspection of Records
2. Right to challenge
records believed to be inaccurate
3. Right
to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable records (with exceptions).
4. Right to file
complaints of alleged violations of the aforementioned rights.
There are various exceptions
and areas of university discretion concerning student FERPA rights. To review
further information visit the Student Records Policy section of this site, the Department
of Education FERPA Site , or visit the Registrar's
Office in 118 Anderson Hall.
Directory Information
Certain
information concerning students is considered to be open to the
public upon inquiry. This public information is called directory
information
and includes: name, local address and telephone number, permanent address,
e-mail address, date and place of birth, photograph or likeness,
college, curriculum, enrollment status (full/part-time), classification,
dates of attendance at Kansas State University, awards and academic
honors, degrees and dates awarded, most recent previous
educational institution attended, participation in officially recognized
activities and athletic teams, and height and weight of student
athletes.
Directory
information as defined above will be released upon inquiry,
unless the student has requested that this information not be
released.
The student's request to have directory information withheld must be
submitted to
the Registrar's Office,
118 Anderson Hall (208 College Center, Salina). The Registrar's Office
will notify other appropriate University offices by placing a notation
within the student information system. See URL (http://www.k-state.edu/registrar/ferpa/index.htm)
for the
Registrar's
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