Student Privacy Information (FERPA)

Clarkson College collects student directory information about enrolled students and maintains accurate student records. Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, you have the right to control how and when information from your educational records is disclosed.

It is your responsibility to direct Clarkson College to withhold directory information you do not wish to see released. Absent of specific direction from a student (or via the student’s completion of Buckley Amendment forms), Clarkson College considers the following to be directory information:

  • Student's name
  • Photograph
  • Address
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Date and place of birth
  • Major
  • Participation in officially recognized activities
  • Dates of attendance, degrees and awards received
  • Most recent previous educational agency or institution attended

Students can update their disclosure release information in their MyCC account. Additional information about FERPA is available on the Forms & Handbooks page. For a full listing of Clarkson College's FERPA procedures, including information as it relates your right to inspect all official Clarkson College records related to yourself, please refer to Policy SS-9. Contact the Registrar’s Office for assistance.

Notification of Rights under FERPA for Postsecondary Institutions

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. (An “eligible student” under FERPA is a student who is 18 years of age or older or who attends a postsecondary institution at any age.) These rights include:

  1. The right to inspect and review the student's education records within forty-five (45) days after the day Clarkson College receives a request for access. A student should submit to the Registrar’s Office a written request that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect.

  2. The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask to amend a record they believe is incorrect or misleading. Grades are not subject to challenge.

  3. The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception that permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record to fulfill their professional responsibilities for Clarkson College.

  4. The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office concerning alleged failures by Clarkson College to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is:

    Family Policy Compliance Office
    U.S. Department of Education
    400 Maryland Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20202