XVIII. STUDENT RECORDS POLICY

1. Right to Inspect and Review
   
   Students may inspect and review their education records upon written request to the Assistant Dean of Students.
   
   The regulations define “education records” as meaning, subject to a few exceptions, those records that are (1) directly related to a student and (2) maintained by an educational institution or by a party acting for the institution.
   
   A student should submit to the Assistant Dean a written request, which identifies, as precisely as possible, the record or records he or she wishes to inspect.
   
   The Assistant Dean will make the needed arrangements for access as promptly as possible and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.
   
   Access must be given within a reasonable time, but in no event more than 45 days from the receipt of the request.
   
   When a record contains information about more than one student, the student may inspect and review only that part of the record that relates to him or her.
   
   The University reserves the right to refuse to permit a student to inspect the following records:
   
   
   1. Financial records of the student’s parents.
      
   2. Confidential letters and statements of recommendation for which the student has waived his or her right of inspection and review.
      
   3. Records connected with an application to attend the University or a component unit of the University if that application was denied.
      
   4. Those records which are excluded from the FERPA definition of education records.

   The School of Law reserves the right to deny copies of transcripts or records (but not access to the record) in any of the following situations:
   

   1. The student lives within commuting distance of the University.
      
      
   2. The student has an unpaid financial obligation to the University, or
      
      
   3. The student has failed to comply with disciplinary sanctions.