Notification Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of Student Rights Concerning Education Records and Directory Information

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) afford students certain rights with respect to their education records. In particular, FERPA provides students with the:

1. Students’ right to inspect and review their education records.

• Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the academic department, or other appropriate official, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. If the records are not maintained by the college official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.

• All requests shall be granted or denied in writing within 45 days of receipt. If the request is granted, students will be notified of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the request is denied or not responded to within the 45 days, students may appeal to the college’s FERPA appeals officer. Additional information regarding the appeal procedures will be provided to students if a request is denied.

2. The right to request the amendment of any education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading.ÔÇ¿

• Students may ask the college to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. Students should write to the college official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they believe should be changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading.

• If the college decides not to amend the record as requested by students, the college will notify them of the decision and advise them of their right to a hearing before the college’s FERPA appeals officer, in most cases the College Registrar, regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to students when notified of  their right to a hearing.

3. The right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in students’ education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. ÔÇ¿

• One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to college officials with legitimate educational interests. A college official is a person employed by the university in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position; a person or company with whom the university has contracted; 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 college official in performing his or her tasks.

• A college official has a legitimate educational interest if access is reasonably necessary in order to perform his or her instructional, research, administrative or other duties and responsibilities.

• Upon request, the college discloses education records without consent to officials of another college or school in which the student seeks or intends to enroll.

• Students may appeal the alleged denial of FERPA rights to the:

General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs

The City University of New York 205 East 42nd StreetÔÇ¿New York, N.Y. 10017
 

STUDENT CONDUCT

Article XV – Students

Section 15.0. PREAMBLE.

Academic institutions exist for the transmission of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the development of students, and the general well-being of society. Student participation, responsibility, academic freedom, and due process are essential to the operation of the academic enterprise. As members of the academic community, students should be encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment and to engage in a sustained and independent search for truth.

Freedom to learn and to explore major social, political, and economic issues are necessary adjuncts to student academic freedom, as is freedom from discrimination based on racial, ethnic, religious, sex, political, and economic differentiations.

Freedom to learn and freedom to teach are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The concomitant of this freedom is responsibility. If members of the academic community are to develop positively in their freedom; if these rights are to be secure, then students should exercise their freedom with responsibility.

Section 15.1. Conduct Standard Defined.

Each student enrolled or in attendance in any college, school or unit under the control of the board and every student organization, association, publication, club or chapter shall obey the laws of the city, state and nation, and the bylaws and resolutions of the board, and the policies, regulations, and orders of the college.

The faculty and the student body at each college shall share equally the responsibility and the power to establish, subject to the approval of the board, more detailed rules of conduct and regulations in conformity with the general requirement of this article.

This regulatory power is limited to the right of students to the freedoms of speech, press, assembly and petition as applied to others in the academic community and to citizens generally.
Talking with College Students About Alcohol:

Although most college-age students are under the legal age for drinking alcohol, it is important to remember that alcohol is the most widely used drug by this age group. We've partnered with The Pennsylvania State University to provide you with a parent handbook for talking to your college age student about alcohol and other drug use: please find it here!