STUDENT RECORDS POLICY

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STUDENT RECORDS POLICY

Kent State University policy 3342-5-08.101 provides operational procedures for administering and maintaining student education records in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). The general principles of Kent State University's policy, subject to some exceptions, are as follows:

1. Educational records are defined as those records, files, documents, and other materials which contain information directly related to the student and are maintained by a college, school, department, office or other university organizational subdivision, or by a person acting for the university or any of its subdivisions. The term "educational record" includes the official academic record (Office of the University Registrar), advisement records (college or school office), discipline records (Judicial Affairs), and placement bureau records (Career Services).
2. Students have certain rights of access to this information.
3. After reviewing their individual file, students may challenge a perceived inaccuracy, misleading statement, or other perceived violation of their privacy or other rights with the university office that maintains that record.
4. The university has certain responsibilities to protect this information with the exception of directory information which includes the student's name, local and permanent and e-mail address, telephone listing, class standing (undergraduate/graduate; freshman, etc.), enrollment status (full/part-time), major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, high school graduated from and most recent previous educational agency or institution attended.
5. Parents of dependent students as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 may have access to their child's records provided they have demonstrated satisfactory evidence of the student's dependent status, and that students be notified of all such requests in advance of compliance; except that release of information regarding their student's financial account to parents of a dependent student shall not require notification to the student.
6. Students may restrict the publication and release of directory information by filing a written request at the Office of the University Registrar or the registration office of the campus you are enrolled or by completing the online form accessible from the Student Tools tab in Flashline.  You may access FlashLine at www.kent.edu.   A form can be printed from the web at - Request to Restrict Disclosure of Directory Information.
7. Students who believe that there has been a FERPA violation should contact the University Registrar at 330-672-3131.
8. The complete policy regarding the collection, retention, and dissemination of information about students is available at the Office of the University Registrar, Room 108 Michael Schwartz Center.
9. Students also have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Family Policy Compliance Office concerning alleged failures by the university to comply with the requirements of FERPA.

STUDENT RIGHT TO KNOW ACT

In compliance with the Student Right to Know Act, Public Law 101-542, Kent State University provides the following information about completion and graduation rates to current and prospective students and employees.

SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE: The completion or graduation rate for students who entered Kent State University in 2001 on a full-time basis was 48.9 percent. Graduation or completion rates may be impacted by the number of credit hours taken each year, student preparedness to do college-level work, availability of financial aid, balancing of work schedules and scheduling of specific classes.