Faculty Test

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Yes No	If a student’s parent calls asking how a student is doing in class, can you discuss the student’s status?
Yes No	Are faculty permitted to post student grades on their door provided Social Security Numbers are used to protect the identity of the students.
Yes No	A student provides you with a copy of their resume. The resume contains the student's G.P.A. This student requests that you write a letter of recommendation for them. Is it permissible for you to include the student’s GPA in your letter of recommendation without obtaining the student’s written permission?
Yes No	A writer from the student newspaper requests information on the number of students who have dropped ANAT211 so far this term. According to FERPA, is this confidential information?
Yes No	You receive a call from Job Service/Voc-Rehab requesting grades for a student in one of your classes. The student has indicated to you that they have a consent to release information to Job Service/Voc-Rehab in their file in the Registrar's Office. Can you release this information?
Yes No	A professor sets up an e-mail distribution to facilitate communication with all members of the class. Students will be able to view each other’s email address. Since an email address is classified as Palmer directory information, is there a FERPA violation?
Yes No	You are a faculty advisor and one of your advisees wants to review all of your notes and the papers contained in the file you keep on them. Does the student have a legal right to view the contents of this file?
Yes No	You receive a phone call from the local police department indicating that they are trying to determine whether a particular student was in attendance on a specific day. Since they are in the middle of an investigation are you allowed to give them this information?
Yes No	Is it wrong for professors to leave exams, papers, etc. unattended outside their offices or on a table after class for students to pick up?
Yes No	An unauthorized person retrieves information from a computer screen that was left unattended. Under FERPA, is the institution responsible?