Academic Regulations and Procedures

Confidentiality of Records

UMass Dartmouth follows the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1975 (FERPA). These policies protect the privacy of your educational records, establish your right to inspect and review your educational records, and provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data in your educational records.

UMass Dartmouth’s complete FERPA policy is stated elsewhere in this handbook.

Confidentiality of Personal Information

The university can give out “directory information” about individual students.

Directory information is the student’s name, local and permanent addresses, most-recently attended previous school or college, major field of study, dates of attendance, home town where applicable, membership in university curricular and extra-curricular organizations, weight/height if members of athletic teams, and degrees and awards received.

Students may restrict the university from disclosing this information by filing a non-disclosure request at the University Enrollment Center. For complete information, see the FERPA policy given elsewhere in this handbook.

Student ID Number

The University issues a special student identification number for use in campus transactions; the social security number will not be used in such transactions.  It remains a requirement that all students submit their social security numbers (except international students who lack them), as a federal requirement; this number is used in tax reporting and in some financial aid and hiring situations.  The university will respect and protect students' privacy and their social security numbers.

Change of Student Information

You should notify the University Enrollment Center or Registrar’s Office of any change, such as name or address. To retain valid visa status, international students must tell us their current address information.

Also, please be sure that your current academic program intentions are officially recorded at the Registrar’s Office, not only your degree program (major) but entities like minors, options, and certificates that you are pursuing.

 Last Updated On: 8/12/07