Annual Notification of Rights Under FERPA

The Family Educational Rights and 隐私 Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. FERPA affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. 这些权利包括:

1. The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day Agnes Scott receives a request for access.
   
   学生应向注册主任提交, 迪安, 学术部门的负责人, 或其他适当的官员, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The Agnes Scott official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the Agnes Scott official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed. A student does not have the right to inspect and review the following education records:
   1. Financial records, including any information those records contain, of his or her parents;
   2. Confidential letters and confidential statements of recommendation placed in the education records of the student before Jan 1, 1975, as long as the statements are used only for the purposes for which they were specifically intended;
   3. Confidential letters and confidential statements of recommendation placed in the student’s education records after Jan. 1, 1975, if:
      1. The student has voluntarily signed a waiver of right to inspect and review those letters and statements
      2. Those letters and statements are related to the student's:
         1. 入学:被教育机构录取
         2. 就业申请
         3. Receipt of an honor or honorary recognition
2. The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading.
   
   Students may ask Agnes Scott to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the Agnes Scott official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If Agnes Scott decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, Agnes Scott will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
3. The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosures without consent.
   
   One exception that permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by Agnes Scott in an administrative, 监督, 学术或研究, or support 工作人员 position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health 工作人员); a person or company with whom Agnes Scott has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. 要求, Agnes Scott discloses education records without consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.
4. 向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by 正规博彩十大网站排名学院 to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
   
   管理FERPA的办公室是:
   
   家庭政策遵从处
   U.S. 教育部
   马里兰大道400号，西南
   华盛顿特区，20202
   
   Certain information is considered public and is released by Agnes Scott at its discretion. In accordance with FERPA, Agnes Scott has designated the following information as "目录信息" that may be released without the student’s consent:
   • 名字
   • 永久家庭住址
   • 校园电邮地址
   • 主修领域
   • enrollment status/anticipated completion date
   • 出席日期
   • degrees and awards received (including honor rolls)
   • participation in officially recognized activities and sports
   • 照片、视频和数字图像

Agnes Scott's Online Phone 目录 (OPD) includes cell phone number. OPD is a private, password protected, online campus directory that is 只访问 致正规博彩十大网站排名全体教员, 工作人员, and students who have a current network account, OPD仅供内部使用

Students may choose to exclude some or all of their 目录信息, 包括照片, from disclosure by filling out a data exclusion request form in the Office of the 注册商. Failure on the part of a student to specifically request the withholding of information indicates approval for disclosure.