Student Guidebook 2012 (PDF) - College of Engineering - The ...

Student PrivacyFERPA STATEMENTFamily Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)The method with which the University of Tennesseegoverns the distribution of student information is basedon the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of1974 or FERPA. This Act, as amended, established therequirements governing the privacy of student educationalrecords in regards to the release of those records andaccess to those records. This Act is also known as theBuckley Amendment.The Act gives four basic rights to students: the right to review their education records; the right to seek to amend their education records; the right to limit disclosure of personally identifiableinformation (directory information); and the right to notify the Department of Educationconcerning an academic institution’s failure to complywith FERPA regulations.FERPA provides for confidentiality of student records;however, it also provides for basic identification of peopleat the University of Tennessee without the consent of theindividual. Release of information to third parties includesdirectory information, such as contained in the campustelephone book, in the online web-based people directoryand in sports brochures. Students are notified of theirFERPA rights and the procedures for limiting disclosure ofdirectory information in Hilltopics, at Orientation for newstudents, and on the Web site of the University Registrar,http://ferpa.utk.edu.7