Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

New College of Florida complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, as amended, which gives students the right to:

  1. Review and inspect their education records.
  2. Request the amendment of education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading.
  3. Consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in their education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosures without consent.
  4. File a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by New College to comply with the requirements of FERPA.

Further information about the College’s policy with respect to the privacy of student records may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar. FERPA permits the release of directory information by NCF. Directory information includes a student’s name, dates of attendance and enrollment status, date of graduation, degrees and honors awarded, field of study, participation in officially recognized sports activities, and weight, height and images of athletes. In addition, FERPA permits the release of student records to education officials under prescribed circumstances. These include faculty and other NCF staff with legitimate educational interests, and officials of other schools in which the student is enrolled or seeks to enroll.

NCF may disclose educational records without consent when disclosure is made to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is defined as a person employed by the University in an administrative, supervisory, academic, research, or support staff position (including law enforcement, athletics, and health staff); a person or company with whom the University has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. 

If students do not wish their directory information to be released, they should notify the Office of the Registrar.

To report FERPA violations:

Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-4605