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Direct linkKoenig, Ann M.; Devlin, Edward – College and University, 2012
The education sector is no stranger to fraud, unfortunately. This article provides best practice guidance in recognizing and dealing with fraud, with emphasis on domestic and international academic credential fraud. It includes practical approaches to academic document review and verification. Success in fighting fraud requires becoming informed,…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Deception, Registrars (School), Accreditation (Institutions)
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, 2010
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Specifically, it prohibits a school from disclosing personally identifiable information from students' education records without the consent of a parent or eligible student, unless an exception to FERPA's general consent…
Descriptors: Student Records, Technical Assistance, Privacy, Homeless People
Michael, James – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1977
Looks at the arguments against keeping secret records on schoolchildren. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Confidentiality, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Download full textHolub, Tamara – 2003
This digest briefly reviews the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 (the Buckley Amendment), which sets out legal guidelines regarding the privacy of student records and the provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act, along with the measures some colleges are implementing to comply with these laws and improve the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Students, Confidential Records, Confidentiality
Goldwater, Barry, Jr. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1978
Presents recommendations to increase local and individual institutional responsibility and control, increase contact between individuals and institutions, put individuals on notice about information practices of educational institutions, introduce clear and firm degrees of accountability regarding handling of personal information, and give…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Educational Legislation, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedIowa Law Review, 1975
The rights and prohibitions embodied in FERPA are examined, including the scope of the act's coverage in conjunction with a discussion of relevant state law and the proposed rules promulgated by HEW. The four rights granted by the act are considered in detail along with the enforcement procedures. (LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Civil Liberties, Confidential Records, Constitutional Law
Peer reviewedSplain, Nancy K. Schmidt – Wisconsin Law Review, 1976
The text of both statutes are appended to this discussion of the federal and state legislation on access to student records and personal privacy. (LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Comparative Analysis, Confidentiality, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedRapp, Larry G. – Kansas Law Review, 1978
In Girardier vs Webster College the court held that a private college may refuse to release college transcripts if students have not repaid their National Defense Education Act loans even though they've declared bankruptcy, and that no private remedy could be inferred under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Implications are…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Confidential Records, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation
Reeback, Robert T. – 1981
Designed for employees of elementary schools, this document answers questions concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The guide is written in question and answer form; questions are organized around related issues. Provisions not applicable to elementary schools have been omitted. "Purpose and Applicability"…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Compliance (Legal), Confidential Records, Confidentiality
Maas, Michael L. – 1975
This document contains the policies and procedures developed by the Long Beach Community College District to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. It contains the following: (1) a definition of the term "Educational Records"; (2) a list of the records, files, documents, and other materials maintained at the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Confidential Records
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Washington, DC. – 1995
This publication is designed to provide guidance, clarification of intent, and suggested implementation processes and procedures for officials of postsecondary educational institutions concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as Amended in 1988 and 1993. FERPA's purpose is to ensure certain student rights…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Civil Liberties, Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality
Kunder, Linda H. – 1977
This paper provides information on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (part of Public Law 93-380) and on the regulations that govern its implementation. This act (also called the Buckley Amendment) provides that parents or students 18 or older be given the right to review student records, to have a hearing to challenge the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Board of Education Policy, Confidential Records, Educational Legislation
Reeback, Robert T. – 1981
Designed for employees of elementary schools, with a section relevant to the Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs, this document answers questions concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The guide is written in question and answer form; questions are organized around related issues. Provisions not applicable…
Descriptors: Academic Records, American Indian Education, American Indians, Compliance (Legal)
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Washington, DC. – 1976
This document provides guidance to postsecondary institutions for implementation of and compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended. It is intended to serve all institutional components that possess and maintain education records about students. The historical background of the act is reviewed and descriptions…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Policy, Case Records, Civil Rights
