General Counsel Seminars

Upcoming Seminars

Recent Seminars

• FERPA 101:  What You Need to Know
  Friday, Oct. 26, 2012
• Ohio Ethics Law:  Can I Do That?
  Friday, Aug. 2, 2013
• Hiring International Faculty and Staff at Kent State University
  Thursday, April 17, 2014
• Copyright:  A Review of Copyright Law Basics and a Primer on the Fair Use Doctrine
  Friday, May 16, 2014
• Reporting Campus Crime
  Friday, June 27, 2014

If your job at Kent State deals with student information, you should be familiar with the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

The Public Records seminar presented in October, 2012 featured representatives from the General Counsel and the Registrar’s Offices who provided an overview of what faculty and staff need to know about FERPA, including:

• The definition of an “educational record” and who can access it,
• The type of  records that can be released with a student’s permission,
• The type of records that can be released without a student’s permission, and
• How to handle requests for student information.

If you have specific questions that are not answered in the seminar video or powerpoint, contact Michael Pfahl, associate counsel, atmpfahl@kent.edu or 330-672-2982.