Notice of Student Rights Under FERPA

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Disclosure of Information

North Central University complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). This Act was designed to protect the privacy of education records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their education records and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through formal and informal hearings.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Notice

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended, provides certain rights to students regarding their educational records. PSEO students are protected under this act, although their parents hold the assigned rights until the student is no longer a legal minor.  Each year North Central University is required to give notice of the various rights accorded to students pursuant to FERPA. In accordance with FERPA, you are notified of the following:

  • Right to inspect and review educational records. You have the right to review and inspect substantially all of your education records maintained by or at North Central University.
  • Right to request amendment of education records. You have the right to seek to have corrected any parts of an education record that you believe to be inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of your right to privacy. This includes the right to a hearing to present evidence that the record should be changed if North Central University decides not to alter your education records according to your request.
  • Right to give permission for disclosure of personally identifiable information. You have the right to be asked and to give North Central University your permission to disclose personally identifiable information contained in your education records, except to the extent that FERPA and the regulations regarding FERPA authorize disclosure without your permission. School officials within NCU may obtain information from educational records without obtaining prior written consent. School officials at NCU include the following; any person employed by NCU in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position, companies with whom NCU has contracted (e.g. attorney, auditor, collection agency), Board of Regents, or students serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. Information will only be disclosed to other school officials if they have a legitimate educational interest (need the information to perform their job duties).
  • Right to withhold disclosure of “directory information”.  FERPA uses the term “directory information” to refer to those categories of personally identifiable information that may be released for any purpose at the discretion of North Central University without notification of the request or disclosure to the student. 

Under FERPA you have the right to withhold the disclosure of the directory information listed below. Please consider very carefully the consequences of any decision to withhold directory information. Should you decide to inform North Central University not to release directory information, any further request for such information from persons or organizations outside of North Central University will be refused. “Directory information” includes the following:

  1. The student’s name;
  2. The student’s address;
  3. The student’s telephone number;
  4. The student’s institution-issued e-mail address;
  5. The student’s date and place of birth;
  6. The student’s class standing;
  7. The student’s course of study;
  8. The student’s participation in officially recognized activities and sports;
  9. The student’s degrees, honors, and awards received;
  10. The weight and height of members of athletic teams;
  11. The student’s dates of attendance;
  12. The most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student; and
  13. The student’s photograph.

North Central University will honor your request to withhold all Directory Information, but cannot assume responsibility to contact you for subsequent permission to release it. North Central University assumes no liability for honoring your instructions that such information be withheld. Forms for withholding disclosure of directory information are available from the Mail Center. If the completed form is not received by the Mail Center prior to Sept. 15, it will be assumed that all directory information may be disclosed for the remainder of the current academic year. A new form for withholding disclosure must be completed each academic year.

Right to complain to FERPA Office

  • You have the right to file a complaint with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Office, Department of Education, 600 Independence Ave S.W. Washington D.C., 20202, if you believe that North Central University has violated the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
  • You have the right to obtain a copy of the written North Central University policy regarding FERPA. A copy may be obtained in person from the Registrar’s Office.

Reporting Educational Information

No additional educational information will be reported, except to North Central University faculty and administration for their official use, without the explicit written consent of the student. Letters of reference must be requested in writing and must explicitly indicate what information is to be reported in the letter.