The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) sets out requirements designed to afford rights to students and their parents with respect to student educational records. In addition, it puts limits on what information The New England Institute of Art can disclose without having received prior consent from the student.

1. Procedure to Inspect Educational Records
   Students have the right under FERPA to inspect and review their education records.  Students who wish to inspect and review their records should submit a written request to the Dean of Academic Affairs.  The request should identify as precisely as possible the records the student wishes to inspect.  If the requested records are subject to inspection and review by the student, arrangements for access will be made within a reasonable period of time but in no case more than 45 days after the request was made, and the student will be notified of the time and place where the records may be inspected.  The school may require the presence of a school official during the inspection and review of a student's records. 
   
   Certain limitations exist on a student's right to inspect and review their own education records.  Those limitations include, for example, the following: (i) financial information submitted by parents; (ii) confidential letters and recommendations placed in their files prior to January 1, 1975; (iii) confidential letters and recommendations placed in their files after January 1, 1975 to which the student has waived his or her right to inspect and review and that are related to the student's admission, application for employment or job placement, or receipt of honors.  In addition, the term "education record" does not include certain types of records such as, by way of example, records of instructional, supervisory, administrative, and certain educational personnel that are in the sole possession of the maker thereof, and are not accessible or revealed to any other individual except a substitute.   
   
   
2. The New England Institute of Art generally will not permit disclosure of personally identifiable information from the records of a student without prior written consent of the student.  Personally identifiable information is disclosed (some items are mandatory, some discretionary) from the records of a student without that student's prior written consent to the following individuals or institutions or in the following circumstances:  
   1. To The New England Institute of Art officials who have been determined by the school to have legitimate educational interests in the records.  A school official is:
      1. a person employed by the school in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position; or  
      2. a person employed by or under contract to the school to perform specific tasks, such as an auditor, consultant, or attorney, a person on the Board of Trustees, or a student serving on an official committee or assisting another school official. 
         
         Any school official who needs information about a student in the course of performing instructional, supervisory, advisory, or administrative duties for The New England Institute of Art has a legitimate educational interest.
   2. To certain officials of the United States Department of Education, the Comptroller General of the United States, the Attorney General of the United States, and state and local educational authorities in connection with state or federally supported educational programs.  
   3. In connection with the student's request for, or receipt of, financial aid necessary to determine the eligibility, amounts or conditions of financial aid, or to enforce the terms and conditions of the aid.  
   4. To organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school.
   5. To accrediting commissions or state licensing or regulatory bodies to carry out their functions.
   6. To parents of a dependent student, as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code.  
   7. To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena.  
   8. To appropriate parties in health or safety emergencies.
   9. To officials of another corporate or Art Institutes school, upon request, in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.  
   10. To an alleged victim of a crime of violence or a non-forcible sexual offense, the final results of the disciplinary proceedings conducted by the Institute against the alleged perpetrator of that crime or offense with respect to that crime or offense.  
   11. To persons in addition to the victim of a crime of violence or non-forcible sexual offense, the final results of the disciplinary proceedings described in paragraph 10 above but only if the school has determined that a student is the perpetrator of a crime of violence or non-forcible sexual offense, and with respect to the allegation made against him or her, the student has committed a violation of the institution's rules or policies.  (The Institute, in such instances, may only disclose the name of the perpetrator -- not the name of any other student, including a victim or witness --without the prior written consent of the other student(s).  
   12. To a parent regarding the student's violation of any federal, state, or local law or of any rules or policy of the Institute governing the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance if the school determines that the student has committed a disciplinary violation with respect to that use or possession, and the student is under 21 at the time of the disclosure to the parent.  
   13. Directory information (see Section IV below).  
   
   
3. Record of Requests for Disclosure
   Except with respect to those requests made by the student themselves, those disclosures made with the written consent of the student, or to requests by or disclosures to The New England Institute of Art officials with legitimate educational interests and disclosures of directory information (or other exceptions described in the applicable regulations), The New England Institute of Art will maintain a record indicating the parties who have requested or obtained personally identifiable information from a student's education records and the legitimate interests those parties had in requesting or obtaining the information.  This record may be inspected by the student.   
   
   
4. Directory Information
   The New England Institute of Art designates the following information as directory information.  (Directory information is personally identifiable information which may be disclosed without the student's consent):  
   1. Student's name
   2. Address: Local, email, and website  
   3. Telephone number (local)
   4. Date and place of birth
   5. Program of study
   6. Participation in officially recognized activities
   7. Dates of attendance
   8. Degrees and certificates awarded
   9. Most recent previously attended school
   10. Photograph of the student, if available
   11. Enrollment status (i.e., enrolled, continuing, future enrolled student, reentry, leave of absence, etc.)
   
   Notice of these categories and of the right of an individual in attendance at The New England Institute of Art to request that his or her directory information be kept confidential will be given to the student annually.  Students may request nondisclosure of student directory information by specifying nondisclosure, in writing, to the Office of the Registrar, The New England Institute of Art, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445.  Failure to request nondisclosure of directory information will result in routine disclosure of one or more of the above-designated categories of personally identifiable directory information. 
   
   
5. Correction of Educational Records
   Students have the right under FERPA to ask to have records corrected which they believe are inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of their privacy rights.  The following are the procedures for the correction of records:  
   1. A student must ask The New England Institute of Art to amend a record.  As part of the request, the student should identify the part of the record they want to have changed and specify why they believe it to be inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of his/her privacy rights.  
   2. The New England Institute of Art may either amend the record or decide not to amend the record.  If it decides not to amend the record, it will notify the student of its decision and advise the student of the right to a hearing to challenge the information believed to be inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of the student's privacy rights.
   3. Upon request, The New England Institute of Art will arrange for a hearing and notify the student reasonably in advance of the date, place, and time of the hearing.  The hearing will be conducted by an individual who does not have a direct interest in the outcome of the hearing.  That individual may be an official of The New England Institute of Art. The student will be afforded a forum for the opportunity to present evidence relevant to the issues raised in the original request to amend the student's education records.  The student may be assisted by other people, including an attorney.  
   4. The New England Institute of Art will prepare a written decision based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing.  The decision will include a summary of the evidence, and the reasons for the decision.  
   5. If, as a result of the hearing, The New England Institute of Art decides that the information is inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the privacy rights of the student, it will (a) amend the record accordingly; and (b) inform the student of the amendment in writing.  
   6. If, as a result of the hearing, The New England Institute of Art decides that the information in the education record is not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the privacy rights of the student, it shall inform the student of the right to place a statement in the record commenting on the contested information in the record or stating why he or she disagrees with the decision of the school.  
   7. If a statement is placed in the education records of a student under paragraph 6 above, The New England Institute of Art will: (a) Maintain the statement with the contested part of the record for as long as the record is maintained; and (b) Disclose the statement whenever it discloses the portion of the record to which the statement relates.  
   
   
6. Student Right to File Complaint
   A student has the right to file a complaint with the United States Department of Education concerning alleged failures by The New England Institute of Art to comply with the requirements of FERPA.  The name and address of the governmental office that administers FERPA is:   
   
   Family Policy Compliance Office
   United States Department of Education
   400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
   Washington, DC  20202-4605 
   
   
7. The Institute May Refuse Access
   The New England Institute of Art reserves the right to refuse the student the right to inspect the following:
   1. The financial statement of the student's parents.
   2. Letters and statements of recommendation for which the student has waived his or her right of access or that were placed in the file before January 1, 1975.
   3. Records connected with an application to attend this institution if that application was denied.
   4. Those records that are excluded from the FERPA definition of educational records. These include personal records of instructors, alumni records, and employment assistance records after graduation, etc.
   
   
8. Student Right to Notify USDE
   The student has the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by The New England Institute of Art to comply with the requirements of FERPA. 
   
   The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is: 
   
   Family Policy Compliance Office
   U.S. Department of Education
   600 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, DC 20202-4605