General Catalog - John F. Kennedy University

General Information• The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department ofEducation concerning alleged failures by John F. KennedyUniversity to comply with the requirements of FERPA.The name and address of the office that administersFERPA is:Family Policy Compliance OfficeU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue SWWashington DC 20202-5920The university may disclose, without consent, directory information.At JFK University, directory information includes thefollowing:• Name, address, eMail address, and telephone number(s)• Major field of study• Period of enrollment• Awards and degrees received from JFK University• Current enrollment status—full-time/half-time.Generally, the university must have written permission from thestudent in order to release any information, other than directoryinformation, from a student’s education record. However, FERPAallows schools to disclose student records without consent to thefollowing parties or under the following conditions:• To personnel within the university who maintain educationalrecords and those with a legitimate educational interestincluding faculty or staff who deal with the student and carryout education duties and employees designated by them toassist in these tasks. John F. Kennedy University defines“legitimate educational interest” as “needs the record(s)to carry out employment responsibilities.” Therefore, anyuniversity employee (or person acting on behalf of theuniversity) may have access to student records without thestudent’s written consent if that person needs the accessto carry out his or her employment responsibilities.• Other schools to which a student is transferring;• Specified university officials or contracted agents for auditor evaluation purposes;• Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to astudent;• Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalfof the university;• Accrediting organizations;• Appropriate parties in compliance with a judicial order orlawfully issued subpoena; and• Appropriate officials in cases of a health and safetyemergency.It is JFK University’s policy to release official transcripts only uponthe written and signed consent of the student and upon paymentof the fee for each. To protect each student, a record is kept for oneyear of transcripts issued and of any persons or institutions (otherthan JFK University officials) which have, upon student consent,been granted access to the student’s records.John F. Kennedy UniversityGeneral Information 21