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...Robert W. Iuliano '83, Deputy General Counsel, said while some proceedings are not protected by FERPA, a large majority of student disciplinary records still...
...Before the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was amended, it was illegal for post-secondary institutions to release such information...
...general rule, FERPA does not permit a recipient of federal funds to disclose disciplinary results. There are certain exceptions built into the statute -e.g., where a student has violated a drug or alcohol law-but they are relatively few in number," he writes in an e-mail...
...neglected to mention that students are also entitled to see the reports about them. Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), also known as the Buckley Amendment, students have a right to see virtually any report placed in their files. The law has no provision for students to waive their rights to general evaluations made by proctors or professors...
...past, Harvard has tried to narrowly interpret students' rights under FERPA. Students interested in examining or copying their evaluations should be aware that the U.S. Department of Education has rejected Harvard's position and ordered the University to comply with the law. Joshua A. Gerstein...