FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHT AND PRIVACY ACT

FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHT AND PRIVACY ACT

Graduate America College operates under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). 

A student’s file may only be accessed by the student, the parent or guardian of a dependent minor student, an employee of the school, the state regulatory department, the United States Department of Education, or the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences.  Information contained in a student’s file will be provided in person or by email upon request by one of the approved persons/entities described above.  A third party, other than those listed above, will be granted access to the specific information cited in a student’s written release upon the school’s receipt of the signed written release.  A signed release must be received each time a student would like a third party to receive access to specific information. Graduate America College reserves the right to refuse review of records containing information excluded from FERPA’s definition of education records and financial information about a student’s parents.  The institution maintains a record of all release forms and requests for information.