{"id":8491,"date":"2023-06-07T10:16:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/?page_id=8491"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:47:43","slug":"ferpa-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/academics\/ferpa\/ferpa-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"FERPA Disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal law requires that we remind you of your rights under FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. You can read the University&#8217;s FERPA policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/academics\/ferpa\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may restrict your Directory Information in <a href=\"https:\/\/student.bu.edu\/MyBU\/\">MyBU Student<\/a> in My Profile, under General Information. Click \u201cGo to FERPA Restrictions\u201d to review and\/or edit your data restriction. This is an \u201call or nothing\u201d restriction; it is not possible to select specific pieces of information to restrict.<\/p>\n<p>Details and further instructions are available in this <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sisrenewal\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/Students-Update-Personal-Info-QC.pdf\">Update Personal Information Quick Card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Directory Information includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Legal First and Last Name<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lived&#8221; or &#8220;Display&#8221; First Name<\/li>\n<li>Student ID (BUID)<\/li>\n<li>Student Email Address<\/li>\n<li>Academic program (degree, major, minor)<\/li>\n<li>Dates of attendance, full-time \/ part-time status<\/li>\n<li>Degrees, honors, and awards received<\/li>\n<li>Local Address*<\/li>\n<li>BU directory phone number<\/li>\n<li>School\/College, Department<\/li>\n<li>Listing in the Commencement program<\/li>\n<li>Listing in the Bostonia Yearbook<\/li>\n<li>Amount of Stipend or hourly pay (members of BUGWU only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--\n \t\n\n<li>Local address and BU directory phone number<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Email Directory Lookup<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>School or College<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Academic Program (degree, major, minor)<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Dates of Attendance, Full-time or Part-time<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Degrees, honors and awards received<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Listing in Commencement Program<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Listing in Bostonia Yearbook<\/li>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>Please be aware that restrictions remain in place after graduation. You may change your Directory Information restrictions at any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal law requires that we remind you of your rights under FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. You can read the University&#8217;s FERPA policy here. You may restrict your Directory Information in MyBU Student in My Profile, under General Information. Click \u201cGo to FERPA Restrictions\u201d to review and\/or edit your data restriction. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1183,"featured_media":0,"parent":1193,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8491"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9558,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8491\/revisions\/9558"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}