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FERPA at MTSU – Quiz

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1. If a student's parent calls asking how a student is doing in a class, can you give out that information?(Required)
2. You receive a call from a recruiting firm asking for names and addresses of students with a GPA of 3.0 or better. They say they have good job information for these students. Can you help these students get jobs by giving out this information?(Required)
3. A person comes to the College of Liberal Arts advising office with a letter containing a signature that gives consent to the release of the transcript of a student. Do you release the transcript?(Required)
4. You are contacted by an employer who wants to verify a student is enrolled at MTSU this semester because they are applying for a job. Can you confirm this information?(Required)
5. You get a frantic phone call from an individual who says that he is a student's father and must get in touch with her immediately because of a family emergency. Can you tell him when and where her next class is today?(Required)
6. Is it wrong for professors to leave exams, papers, etc. outside their office for students to pick up?(Required)
7. An unauthorized person retrieves information from a computer screen that was left unattended. Under FERPA, is the institution responsible?(Required)
8. You receive a call from another University employee requesting information on a son/daughter or relative. You are able to determine that the employee does not have an educational need to know. Should you share the information?(Required)