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Notification of Rights under the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain
rights with respect to their education records.
They are:
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The right to inspect and review the student's education records
within 45 days of the day the University receives a request
for access.
Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of
the academic department, or other appropriate official,
written request that identifies the record(s) they wish
to inspect. The University 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 University official to whom the request
was submitted, that official shall advise the student of
the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
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The right to request the amendment of the student's education
records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading.
Students may ask the University to amend a record that
they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write
the University official responsible for the record, clearly
identify the part of the record they want changed, and
specify why it is inaccurate or misleading.
FERPA was not intended to provide a process to be used to question
the substantive judgments which are correctly recorded. The rights
of challenge are not intended to allow students to contest, for example,
a grade in a course because they felt a higher grade should have
been assigned.
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The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable
information contained in the student's education records, except
to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
One exception which permits disclosure without consent
is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational
interests. A school official is a person employed by the
University in an administrative, supervisory, academic
or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement
unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with
whom the University 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.
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The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of
Education concerning alleged failures by Dakota Wesleyan University
to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address
of the Office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20202-4605
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Directory Information
These items listed below are designated as "directory information" and
may be released for any purpose at the discretion of our institution.
Under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act of 1974, as Amended, you have the right to withhold the disclosure
of the "Directory Information." Should you decide to inform
the institution not to release this "Directory Information," any
future requests for such information from non-institutional persons
or organizations will be refused.
The institution will honor your request to withhold the "Directory
Information" listed below, but cannot assume responsibility to
contact you for subsequent permission to release them. Regardless of
the effect upon you, the institution assumes no liability for honoring
your instructions that such information be withheld.
Directory Information at Dakota Wesleyan University is defined as:
Student name, campus box #, campus phone, residence hall address, permanent
address, permanent telephone, parents' names, hometown, high school attended,
email address, dates of attendance, full time/part time status, honors, awards,
special recognition, degree(s) received, major, classification (Senior, Junior,
etc.), activity, photographs and sports participation (including height and
weight of team members).
If you choose to withhold directory information, you must complete
a "Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information" at
the Registrar's Office by the end of finalization. A new form for non-disclosure
must be completed each academic semester.
Note: "Directory Information" is a term used by FERPA to
designate information which may be released without your consent. Although
the campus phone book (now known as the Blue and White Pages) will
publish name, address, and phone numbers; other parts of "Directory
Information" will not be published in the Blue and White Pages.
Dakota Wesleyan University is committed to insuring that student information
is only released for legitimate requests that will assist our students
in their educational experience at Dakota Wesleyan University.
Registrar's Office
/ DWU
1200 W. University Ave
Mitchell SD 57301 |
Phone: (605) 995-2676
Fax: (605) 995-2643
E-mail registrar@dwu.edu |
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