The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is more than just a set of privacy regulations for registrars and other record keepers. Student privacy also makes important requirements on faculty and all instructors of an institution.

Join your colleagues from across the country for an interactive webinar that concentrates on faculty responsibilities toward student privacy. This webinar focuses specifically on what instructors need to know to ensure they are doing their part to support institutional compliance with FERPA.

Among the topics explores from the faculty perspective are privacy and its implication for education records, what student information can be disclosed and to whom, and where, faculty can turn for assistance.

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Objectives

• Gain a concise but practical appreciation of FERPA and student privacy.
• Understand the regulatory definition of student information and disclosure.
• Identify applications of FERPA in and out of the classroom, including implications for grading, student counseling, online learning and communications with students.
• Reference best practices for dealing with parents and other parties requesting information about students.
• Understand FERPA requirements regarding letters of recommendation. 

Speaker

Clifford Ramirez is a nationally-recognized FERPA expert and the author of FERPA Clear and Simple. With over 24 years of experience in higher education, Mr. Ramirez is currently serving as the registrar at Claremont Graduate University in California.

Mr. Ramirez is a presenter and trainer at conferences, workshops and web events for registrars, campus administrators, faculty, information technology managers, counselors, campus counsel and other audiences. He has authored six books, including the one mentioned above. Other titles include Managing the Privacy of Student Records (2002, LRP Publications) and co-author on The FERPA Answer Book (2009, Jossey-Bass).

Over 24 years in higher education, having worked at UCLA, Antioch University Los Angeles, and now Claremont Graduate University, specifically in registrar and student records management. Mr. Ramirez led initiatives for the development of the Emerging Professionals Institute in the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (PACRAO) in 2003 and for the University of California Management and Leadership Conference (UCML) in 1995.