ACPHS maintains a strict adherence to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) regulations posted on the College's website and distributed to students at the beginning of each semester and whenever a change in policy occurs. The adherence applies to both students enrolled in classes on the campus and those taking classes at a distance. FERPA affords students the following rights with respect to their education records:
(1) The right to inspect and review your student education records within 45 days of the day 奥尔巴尼药学与健康科学学院 (ACPHS) 注册商 receives a request for access. Students should submit to the 注册商 written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The 注册商 will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. ACPHS will respond to reasonable requests for explanations and interpretations of the records.
(2) The right to request an amendment of your student education records that you believe are inaccurate, 误导, 或者以其他方式侵犯您的隐私权. FERPA, 然而, only allows students to challenge and correct "ministerial errors" in their records, not to bring substantive claims regarding the reasons for a particular notation having been made. Students may ask ACPHS to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or 误导 by writing to the 注册商. If ACPHS decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, ACPHS will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
(3) The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in your student education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to ACPHS officials with legitimate educational interests. An ACPHS official is a person employed by ACPHS in an administrative, 监督, 学术, 研究, 或支持人员职位, or a person or company with whom ACPHS has contracted (such as the College's food service providers, 书店, 数据库提供程序, 一位律师, 审计师, security personnel or collection agent or an enrollment or degree verification service, 包括全国学生结算所, the New York State Board of Pharmacy and similar licensing authorities, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Foundations and NAPLEX); iParadigms, LLC developers of Turnitin; a person serving on the 校董会 of ACPHS; or a student serving on an official committee, 比如纪律委员会或申诉委员会, or assisting another ACPHS official in performing his or her tasks. An ACPHS official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional or job responsibilities. 也, FERPA authorizes disclosure to officials of another school, 学校系统, or institution of postsecondary education where the student seeks or intends to enroll, or where the student is already enrolled so long as the disclosure is for purposes related to the student's enrollment or transfer.
(4) The right to refuse to permit the designation of any or all of the following categories of personally identifiable information, 目录信息,” which is not subject to the above restrictions on disclosure and may be disclosed by the College at its discretion:
- 姓名和校园电子邮件地址
- city, town or village and state or country of residence
- class, 预计毕业日期, 主修领域, 包括大学, 部门, 部门, 或学生所就读的课程
- participation in officially recognized activities and sports
- 运动员的体重和身高
- the most recent educational institution attended and previous educational institutions attended and dates of graduation therefrom
- honors and awards received, including selection to a Dean’s list or honorary organization,
- photographic, video or electronic images of students taken and maintained by ACPHS
- 婚姻状况及配偶姓名
- parents names and city, town or village and state or country of their residence
Any student wishing to exercise this right must inform the ACPHS注册 以书面形式, by completing a form available in the 注册商’s office, 自收到通知之日起两周内, of the categories of personally identifiable information which are not to be designated as directory information with respect to that student.
(5)向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by ACPHS to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is:
家庭政策遵从处
美国教育部
马里兰大道400号，西南
华盛顿特区邮编:20202-5920
电话:(202)260-3887