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FERPA violations to avoid
 
Special "Don'ts" for Faculty
 
To avoid violations of FERPA rules, DO NOT:
  • Provide anyone with student schedules or assist anyone other than university employees in finding a student on campus
  • Circulate a printed class list with student name and (whole or partial) social security number or grades as an attendance roster
  • Leave graded tests in a stack for students to pick up by sorting through the papers of all students
  • At any time use the (whole or partial) social security number or student id number of a student in a public posting of grades
  • Link the name of a student with that student's (whole or partial) social security number in any public manner
  • Provide anyone with lists of students enrolled in your classes for any commercial purpose
  • Discuss the progress of any student with anyone other than the student (including parents) without the consent of the student

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