Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act | Directory
Information | Release
of Student Information Form
Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act
Annual Notice to Students
Syracuse University intends to comply fully with the provisions
of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. This
act protects the privacy of education records, establishes the
right of students to inspect and review their education records,
and provides guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or
misleading data through informal and formal hearings. Students
also have the right to file complaints with the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act Office concerning alleged failures by
the institution to comply with the Act. Copies of the policy
established by the University in compliance with the Act are
available in the Registrar's Office, 106 Steele Hall. This policy
includes a list of the types and locations of all student education
records kept at the University. Questions concerning the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act may be referred to the Registrar's
Office.
Directory Information
Syracuse University has designated certain items of students'
education records as "Directory Information," which may be disclosed
under FERPA without students' permission (asterisked items are
printed in the University's telephone directory):
Name*
Current address*
Current phone number*
Permanent address*
Permanent phone number SU e-mail address*
Dates of attendance Full/part-time status Class/level*
SU school/college(s)*
Major(s)/degree program(s)
Degree(s) earned and date(s)
Academic awards and honors
Prior postsecondary institutions attended
Athletic participation
"Directory Information" may be made available through the following
media:
1. The University's annual printed telephone directory
2. Electronic and Internet directories
3. Telephone or written responses to requests from external/third
parties
4. Announcements of academic achievements released by the
Office of Public Relations to students' hometown newspapers
5. The annual Register of Graduates, and
6. The Department of Athletics
. To prevent disclosure through the media represented in items
1-4, students must file a Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory
Information form with the Office of the Registrar, 106 Steele
Hall. Such requests may be filed at any time and will remain
in effect permanently (including after departure from the University)
or until changed by students.
In order to prevent asterisked items from appearing in
the University's annual printed telephone directory, students
must file the Request form within the first two weeks of classes
in the fall semester. Requests filed after this deadline in
the fall semester will prevent designated Directory Information
from appearing in subsequent telephone directories.
Students who wish to allow Directory Information to be released
(items 1-3 above) but who want to prevent hometown news releases
(item 4) and/or listing in the annual Register of Graduates
need to contact the Syracuse University Office of University
Communications, 820 Comstock Ave. Syracuse, NY 13244-5040 or
call 443-1068. Student athletes who wish to prevent disclosure
of information related to athletic participation should contact
the Department of Athletics.
Syracuse University assumes that a student's failure to specifically
request blocking access to any element of "Directory Information"
constitutes approval for disclosure.
Questions about FERPA, students' privacy rights, and Syracuse
University's compliance procedures may be directed to the Office
of the Registrar, 106 Steele Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
NY 13244-1120.
Know Your Privacy Rights
Please remember that if you want directory information to be
suppressed from the printed SU directory, you must file the
Request to Prevent Disclosure form at 106 Steele Hall within
the first two weeks of classes in the fall semester.
In addition, if you would like confidential student record
information released to a designated third party, or yourself,
click on the link below for the Release of Student Information
form. Print the form, complete applicable information, and be
sure to sign and date the form. Then, fax the form to Student
Administrative Services at (315) 443-3806 or Bursar/Registration
at (315) 443-3255. If you do not have access to a fax machine,
mail or deliver the form to University College, 700 University
Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244. If you have any questions, please
contact (315) 443-3261.
Release
of Student Information Form (Word Document)
