FERPA/Privacy Rights

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was enacted in 1974. Click here for the FERPA Regulations.

The primary purpose of FERPA is to protect the privacy of student information. This protection is achieved by controlling access to and disclosure of students' "education records" as that term is defined in FERPA.

Faculty, staff, and administrative officers at UNC Charlotte are required by FERPA to treat education records confidentially.

Students also have the right, on request to the appropriate University official, to inspect and review their education records and to request that their records be amended.

For additional information, please see Policy Statement #69- Student Records and FERPA Guidance and Resources.

FERPA Tutorial