Clarkson University is committed to following the guidelines set forth by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Staff and Faculty who have access to student information are charged with the responsibility of protecting that information in a manner that complies with FERPA regulations.
In order to ensure that faculty and staff understand FERPA policies, the University has developed a FERPA training module in Moodle. All Clarkson employees who handle student information are required to complete the online training no later than July 1, 2019. Employees who have not completed FERPA training will have their myCU (PeopleSoft) access deactivated. Training has been designed to take 10-15 minutes to complete.
Log in now to complete the training!
Do you “handle student information”? The answer is “yes” if you…
- Teach a course or advise students
- Assist with student grading or grade entry
- Access data that includes financial or academic information on students
- Assist chairs, directors, faculty, administrators, or staff with data on students that include their name and/or student ID number, be it via calls, emails or in conversation
- May receive calls or mail from parents, spouses, sponsors, etc. who wish to check on how their student is doing in a program
- May overhear a conversation about how a student is progressing academically
- May receive calls from the press about information on students
- Handle personal data related to alumni records
- Handle resumes which may list GPA or academic standing of students or alumni
- etc
For more information about FERPA, please visit https://www.clarkson.edu/student-administrative-services-sas/family-education-rights-and-privacy-act-ferpa
