(FERPA refers to these as Education Records) Retain and restrict, but only if it is the record copy and designated as a permanent record. Remove student papers, grades, and examinations with student names. Remove and destroy letters of recommendation, except from faculty papers collections. Examples | Likely Locations |
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Admission information for students accepted by and enrolled at MIT Biographical information including: Transcripts Grades, test scores, courses taken, academic specialization and activities, and official communications Course work, including papers and exams Communications that are part of the academic process between a student / teaching staff or student / classmates UROP and other internship program records Students’ financial records Disciplinary records Letters of recommendation
| Committee on Discipline records Department records UROP records Faculty personal papers Dean Undergraduate Education records Dean Graduate School records Offices with disciplinary and counseling responsibilities records
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Additional ResourcesRegistrar’s Office: Records privacy & access MIT Policies & Procedures: Section 11.3 Privacy of Student Records Disciplinary records: MIT Committee on Discipline FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) a.k.a. “Buckley Amendment” Archives record schedules: “Record” copy and permanent record schedule |