Student Access to Educational Records

Per Emory University policy under the Family Educational Rights and privacy Act (FERPA), each student has a right of access to their education records, except confidential letters of recommendation and financial records of the student's parents. These rights include:

• The right to inspect education records.
• The right to limit disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosures without consent (i.e., directory information, faculty members and administrators of the school who have an appropriate need to review a student's attendance or progress)
• The right to request correction of the educational record.

Students who wish to review their file must do so in writing to the School of Medicine Registrar by completing a Request to Review Educational Records Form. The School of Medicine complies with a request within a reasonable time, at most within 45 days. Arrangements are made for the student to read their academic file in the presence of a staff member.

Without exception, all requests for letters of reference or for completion of forms relating to academic performance and/or personal qualities require written authorization from the student (or graduate) for release of such information. This also applies to requests for information from faculty or administrative officers. Students have the right of access to letters or statements giving such information unless, in the authorization for release, the student waives this right and agrees that the information to be sent is to be held confidential. Confidential references are often requested by agencies or institutions to which students apply for aid or a clinical position.

Without a formal request, School of Medicine students have access to review information about themselves within the educational systems used by their program that contain courses taken, clinical schedules, assessments, and grades received.