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FERPA Quiz

Question 1

If the parent of a student calls asking how a student is doing in a class, can you give out that information?

Question 2

You receive a call from a recruiting firm asking for names and addresses of students with a GPA of 3.0 or better. They say they have good job information for these students. Can you help these students get jobs by giving out this information?

Question 3

A person comes up to you with a letter containing a signature that gives consent to the release of the transcript of a student. Do you give the transcript to them?

Question 4

You receive a phone call from the local police department indicating that they are trying to determine whether a particular student was in attendance on a specific day. Since they are in the middle of a investigation are you allowed to give them this information?

Question 5

You get a frantic phone call from an individual who says the he is a student’s father and must get in touch with her immediately because of a family emergency. Can you tell him when and where her next class is today?

Question 6

Is it wrong for professors to leave exams, papers, etc. outside their office for students to pick up?

Question 7

An unauthorized person retrieves information from a computer screen that was left unattended. Under FERPA, is the institution responsible?

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