FERPA Tutorial What is an Educational Record?
As defined by FERPA, an educational record is:
Information about a student that is maintained by the University as part of the educational process.
Exceptions:
The following are not considered educational records:
- Private notes of an individual faculty or staff member ("sole possession" records)
- Campus police records
- Medical records
- Aggregate (statistical) data that contains no personally identifiable information about any student.