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The Student Right-to-Know Act was enacted in 1990 by federal law.
The law requires institutions that receive Title IV HEA student financial aid
to collect, report and/or disclose
graduation rates for full-time, first-time, degree-seeking undergraduate
students and students receiving athletically related student aid.
The Family Education
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was implemented in 1974 as a
federal law to protect the privacy of student education records. FERPA also gives
students the right to review their education records, seek to amend inaccurate
information in their records, and provide consent for the disclosure of their records.
This law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the
U.S. Department of Education.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and
Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal law that requires
colleges and universities to disclose crime statistics that happen on
and around their campuses. The law was originally known as the Crime Awareness
and Campus Security Act of 1990 and was amended and renamed in 1998 after Jeanne
Clery, a Lehigh University student who was assaulted and murdered in her residence hall
on April 5, 1986.
This information is published in the annual
Georgia College & State University Public Safety Report.
The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act
Amendments of 1989 requires institutions who
participate in federal student aid programs to
provide information to its students, faculty,
and employees to prevent drug and alcohol
abuse. Information about programming
opportunities, assistance programs available to
students and employees with suspected drug or
alcohol problems, and the possible repercussions
of violating state and institutional drug and
alcohol policies is available in the annual
Georgia College & State University Public Safety Report.
Any coeducational institution of higher
education that participates in a federal
student aid program and has an
intercollegiate athletics program is
required to publish an annual Equity in
Athletics report. This report
contains participation rates, financial
support, and other information on its
men’s and women’s intercollegiate
athletic programs. This report may
be obtained from the Georgia College &
State University Athletics Office and is
also available from the
Office of Postsecondary Education
web site.
Federal legislation also requires the release of institutional
information regarding the
cost of attendance;
accreditation;
equity; and
academic program data;
facilitates and services to disabled students;
financial assistance available to students and
requirements and restrictions imposed on Title IV;
withdrawal; and
refund policies.
This information is also published annually in the
Georgia College & State University
Catalog.
For questions regarding forms
on this page, please notify The Office of the
Registrar at
registrar@gcsu.edu
or at (478) 445-6286. |
