Privacy Act (FERPA)
Academic Probation
If you wish to find out about your student's grades
and academic standing, the best approach is to ask your son or daughter
directly. College students are generally willing to share information
about grades and academic performance with their parents as they
assume greater responsibility for their own lives and are able to
discuss academic issues with their parents as mature adults.
Privacy Act (FERPA)
One of the most significant
changes a parent experiences in sending a son or daughter to college,
is the difference in privacy standards for educational records at
the University. The University of Michigan has a long history and
tradition of protecting student privacy. Additionally, the University
of Michigan is subject to a federal law called the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (also
called FERPA or the Buckley Amendment) that sets privacy standards
for student educational records and requires institutions to publish
a compliance statement, including a statement of related institutional
policies. The University of Michigan policies are on-line at http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/rights.html.
Under FERPA,
the access rights that parents and legal guardians had in the elementary
and secondary school settings are transferred to students, once
a student has turned eighteen, or is attending any post secondary
educational institution. Parents can be given access to their son
or daughter's records if the student authorizes the permission in
writing or in connection with the student's application for, or
receipt of, financial aid.
The University
of Michigan does not have a single waiver that a student can sign
to give a parent access to their records. In carrying out their
assigned responsibilities, many offices at the University of Michigan
collect and maintain information about students. Only two offices
have records on all students. The Registrar's Office maintains information
pertaining to a student's enrollment (registration) and official
academic record. The Student Financial Operations Office maintains
information about charges assessed and payments made to a student's
account.
By
direction of the Board of Regents, however, each office that maintains
student records is required to develop a written statement of its
policies and procedures for handling those records; that statement
is available in the particular office. In addition, copies of the
University's "Policies
on Student Records" and the pertinent federal
law, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA),
are posted on the bulletin board outside the Registrar's Office
(413 E. Huron St.) and are also available in all deans' offices.
If you desire access to certain
information, we recommend that you ask your son or daughter to provide
permission to the office that is handling a particular matter.
Academic Probation
The policies and procedures
for academic probation vary according to each School and College.
In general, academic probation occurs when a student's grade point
average for a term is less than a 2.0.
Each School
and College may respond to academic probation differently. If your
student is in danger of being placed on academic probation, refer
him or her to an academic advisor or the Bulletin for the
specific School or College in which your student is enrolled.
Academic
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