Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FERPA
All students, including student-athletes, have the right to educational privacy by standards set forth in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA prevents institutional staff members from sharing information about a student-athlete’s academic progress or performance with individuals outside the scope of institutional authority.
Student-athletes are asked to sign a FERPA waiver to the Assistant AD for Student Athlete Academic Sucess and Assistant AD for Compliance. This is so information related to their course performance can be shared with Athletic Department staff to provide early intervention strategies and academic performance evaluations. In addition, FERPA waivers are necessary to allow for individual and team academic award nominations and press release aids.
