2G. Maintenance and Release of Student Information

FERPA was designed to protect the privacy of a student's educational records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their educational records, and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through information and formal hearings. School officials may not disclose personally identifiable information from a student’s education record without written permission, unless such a disclosure is permitted by one of the FERPA signed-consent exceptions. Students have a right to file complaints with FERPA concerning alleged failures by the institution to comply with the act. Questions concerning FERPA should be referred to the Dean of Students while details on guiding policy can be found in  CW 090-Records Retention and STU 090-Student Records and Confidentiality in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual.