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高等教育机会法案(HEOA)
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家庭教育权利和隐私法(FERPA)
The Executive Director of Student Services and the Vice President for Student Affairs are responsible for notifying students annually of their rights under FERPA. 年度通知将在 Boston College Bulletin and in the Boston College Student Guide.
All non-directory information is considered confidential and will not be released to outside inquiries without the express written consent of the student.
Student Rights Under FERPA
电子游戏软件在其教育项目的管理中保留了大量关于学生的记录, as well as its housing, athletics, and extracurricular programs. 大学还维护就业和财务记录供自己使用,并遵守州和联邦法规. Boston College is committed to protecting the privacy interests of its students and to maintaining the confidentiality of student records in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA).
These rights are as follows:
- The right to inspect and review the student's education record within 45 days of the day the University receives a request for access.
Any student who wishes to inspect and review information contained in an education record maintained by any office of the University may, with proper identification, 向负责保存该记录的办公室申请查阅该记录. 除非情况需要有正式的请求,口头请求可以得到尊重.
每当负责保存教育记录的办公室无法回应时, 学生可以向学生服务办公室提交, dean, academic department head, 或其他有关官员的书面请求,以确定他或她希望检查的记录. 学校官员应在收到请求后45天内提供访问, 并通知学生查阅记录的时间和地点. 如果提交请求的大学官员没有保存记录, 该官员将告知该学生该向哪位官员提出请求.
- The right to request the amendment of the student's education record if the student believes that information contained in his or her record is inaccurate, 误导或侵犯他或她的隐私权.
任何认为其教育记录中所载信息不准确的学生, misleading, 或侵犯他或她的隐私权是写信给大学负责记录的官员, 清楚地指出他或她想要更改的记录部分, 并说明为什么要修改记录.
如果大学认为不应按要求修改记录, 学校将通知该学生, 告知学生他或她有权参加听证会,并提供有关听证会过程的信息.
- 有权同意披露包含在学生教育记录中的个人身份信息, 除非在FERPA允许的范围内. 允许在未经同意的情况下披露的一个例外是向具有合法教育利益的大学官员披露, 这可能包括行政部门的员工, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); members of the Board of Trustees; and students serving on an official committee, 如纪律委员会或申诉委员会, 或协助其他大学官员执行其任务. 大学官员也可能是承包商, consultants, volunteers or other outside parties to whom the University has outsourced institutional services or functions that would ordinarily be performed by University employees. The University may disclose education records without consent to officials of other educational institutions that have requested the records and in which a student seeks or intends to enroll or is already enrolled so long as the disclosure is for purposes related to the student's enrollment or transfer.
- 向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. 就大学涉嫌未能遵守FERPA的要求向教育部投诉. 书面投诉可直接提交给美国家庭政策合规办公室.S. 教育部,400马里兰大道,SW,华盛顿特区.C., 20202-4605.
请注意,这是所罗门修正案的一部分, Boston College is required by law to provide branches of the military access to certain student directory information which normally would be denied to them under the 家庭教育权利和隐私法(FERPA).
学生贷款员工行为准则
All Boston College employees whose job responsibilities include matters related to student financial aid are expected to maintain exemplary standards of professional conduct and must adhere to this Code of Conduct in compliance with Federal regulations. 学生服务执行主任应每年通知这些员工他们在本准则下的义务.
Boston College:
- 禁止与贷款机构达成所有收入分成安排. 大学将不会推广或推荐任何贷款人以换取费用或其他物质利益.
- 不要求或接受私人贷款提供的资金,包括机会池贷款.
- 对借款人选择的任何贷款机构的贷款进行认证,不得无故拖延, 并且不会将首次借款人的贷款直接分配给特定的贷方.
- Ensures that the process through which the student signs a Master Promissory Note preserves the student’s right to select the lender of his or her choice.
- Does not arrange for alternate loan programs that disadvantage students or parents not enrolled in the program or receiving such loan terms.
- 禁止要求或接受贷款人的人员援助.
- 禁止贷款人的雇员或代理人透露自己的身份, either directly or by implication, 作为电子游戏软件的一名雇员, 家长或任何向电子游戏软件寻求信息的人.
- 根据选择贷款人的首选贷款人名单,仅在学生和家长的最佳利益.
- 全面披露首选贷款机构的遴选过程.
- 向借款人提供有关首选贷方列表上贷方提供的贷款产品的消费者信息, 包括贷款人向其他实体出售贷款的任何协议.
- Informs students and parents that they are not required to use any of the lenders on a preferred lender list and can select any lender of their choice.
每一个电子游戏软件的员工参与贷款过程的任何方面(这包括, but is not limited to, the Financial Aid staff, 在主校区和法学院都有, and the Enrollment Management staff) must avoid any situations that create a potential conflict of interest between the employee’s personal or outside interests and his or her role and responsibilities as an employee of Boston College, 并且必须向他或她的主管披露任何潜在的冲突.
具体来说,工作人员不得:
- 索取或接受来自任何涉及学生经济援助任何方面的商业实体的超过最低价值的礼物, including, without limitation, cash payments, stocks, club memberships, favors, discounts, lodging, meals, entertainment, and services. This prohibition extends to a staff member’s family (includes staff member's and spouse's: parent or stepparent; sibling or step-sibling; child or stepchild; and grandchild or step-grandchild, 以及孩子的配偶和兄弟姐妹的配偶).
- Undertake any activity, whether compensated or not, outside of Boston College that has the potential to create a conflict of interest with the staff member’s duties as a financial aid professional employed by Boston College, including accepting any fee, payment, 或其他经济利益,作为任何类型就业的补偿, 与出借人协商或作其他安排, guarantor, or servicer.
- 因担任顾问委员会成员而获得任何报酬, commission, or group established by a lender, guarantor, or group of lenders or guarantors. 希望在咨询委员会任职的工作人员必须事先征得其主管的同意, 并且只有在获得批准的顾问委员会任职期间的合理费用才能得到报销.
工作人员应了解并遵守所有机构政策和任何地方, 适用于他们的行为或工作表现的州和联邦要求. Any staff member who has a question whether a particular situation or activity creates a conflict of interest or violates any law or policy should immediately notify their supervisor prior to commencing such activity, 或者在出现这种问题的最早时间. 监事应在收到任何询问后与总法律顾问办公室联系.
Confidentiality of Student Records
来自学生教育记录的某些个人身份信息, 由电子游戏软件指定作为目录信息, 可以在没有学生事先同意的情况下被释放. This information includes name; term, home, local, and electronic mail addresses; telephone listing; date and place of birth; photograph; major field of study; enrollment status; grade level; participation in officially recognized activities and sports; weight and height of members of athletic teams; dates of attendance; school/college of enrollment; anticipated date of graduation; degrees and awards received; the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended; and other similar information.
学生可以阻止发布所有目录信息,包括注册验证, 并且可以对电子游戏软件社区或一般公众屏蔽选定的目录信息. 为了做到这一点,学生们必须去参观 3rl8.158idc.net/myservices 禁止发布全部或选定目录信息. 通过选择隐私首选项可以进行抑制. 教师和工作人员在进行正式的大学业务时,不会屏蔽学生目录信息.
All non-directory information is considered confidential and will not be released to outside inquiries without the express written consent of the student unless an exception under FERPA permits the disclosure. 欲了解更多信息,请访问电子游戏软件 Student Educational Records policy.
Disclosures to Parents of Students
当学生年满18岁时, 或就读高等教育机构,不分年龄, FERPA权利转移给学生. 向家长披露资料的指引如下:
- 家长可以根据学校的决定获取目录信息.
- 家长可以获得非目录信息(如.g., grades, GPA),在确定学生在法律上依赖父母一方后,由学校自行决定.
- 家长也可以获得非目录信息,如果他们有学生签署的同意.
Notice of Nondiscrimination
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大学沟通政策和学生责任
大学与在校学生的官方通讯, 包括学术和行政事务通知以及教职员工和行政人员的通信, may be sent via postal service, campus mail, or email. 确保这些通信及时到达, 所有在校生都有以下责任:
Postal Service and Campus Mail
为了书面交流的目的, the student’s local and permanent addresses on record at Student Services will be regarded as the student’s official local and permanent residences. 所有学生都有责任提供本地和永久的邮寄地址, and to enter corrections at 3rl8.158idc.net/myservices 如果学校记录中的地址不准确. 学生应在每学期开始时检查其地址记录的准确性, 在提交任何更正后不久再进行一次.
在国外学习的学生有责任向全球教育办公室提供他们当地的国际地址.
大学承认并使用电子邮件作为官方通讯的适当媒介. 波士顿大学为所有注册学生提供电子游戏软件的电子邮件地址, 以及访问电子邮件服务从计算机站在校园的各个位置. 所有学生都应该定期访问他们的电子邮件帐户, 查看大学的官方通讯, 并在必要时对此类信息作出回应.
All student responses to official email communications from the University must contain the student’s Boston College email address in the “From:” and “Reply To:” lines, 并且应该来自学生的电子游戏软件电子邮件地址, 以确保回应可被视为来自大学社群成员的讯息.
学生可以将他们的电子邮件信息从电子游戏软件的电子邮件地址转发到非大学的电子邮件系统, if they wish. In such cases, however, 学生应全权负责此类转发安排所产生的一切后果, 包括任何非大学系统未能提供或保留大学官方通讯的情况. 学生应该定期从他们的大学电子邮件帐户发送考试信息, 确认他们的电子邮件服务运行可靠.
Voter Registration Information
电子游戏软件认为,每个学生都有责任成为一名积极参与的社区成员. To that end, we have partnered with TurboVote to provide you with the information and materials you need to vote in every election from local to presidential.
TurboVote为您提供工具,帮助您在线注册投票. 您可以在此网站了解更多有关这项服务的信息 bc.turbovote.org.
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