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Guidelines for faculty/staff related to FERPA

The DOs for faculty & staff . . .

• DO refer requests for information from the education record of a student to The Registrar's Office.
• DO keep only those individual student records necessary for the fulfillment of your teaching and advising responsibilities.
• DO keep any personal professional records relating to individual students separate from their education records. Private notes of a faculty/staff member concerning a student intended for the member's own use are not a part of the student's education records.
• DO get written permission from a student before including non-directory information such as grades and GPA in a letter of reference. See the recommended letter on the left.