Blog Policies

This blog was created as a learning tool for interaction between students studying Social Media Strategies and Tactics as part of the Marist College IMC program.

All comments, feedback, and constructive criticism are welcome and discussion is encouraged. I retain the right to remove offensive content if necessary. Ie. Inappropriate language, photos, spam, etc.

Comments do not reflect the viewpoints or opinions of my employer.

All outside works referenced throughout my blog posts will be listed in the Works Cited area of at the bottom of each post.

Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests. Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and comments on this site comply with FERPA. Refer to the U.S. Department of Education's FERPA website for guidelines. According to the U.S. Department of Education:

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."

Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):

Schools may disclose, without consent, "directory" information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin, student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.