Thursday, January 29, 2026
11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET

Practical, Easy-to-Understand Guidance That Arise In Faculty Settings

Many faculty remain uncertain and concerned about FERPA because they rarely receive any information or guidance. They can easily run afoul of its restrictions – mostly, but not always, in minor ways.

Everyone on campus who deals with any kind of student records — whether academic or not, formal or informal, permanent or temporary, paper or electronic, centrally or locally stored, and even including email — should have an understanding of FERPA. Making assumptions about its scope and provisions can lead to mistakes, non-compliance, and legal complaints.  

Join us on January 29, 2026 when our expert presenter – Steven McDonald, the retired General Counsel at Rhode Island School of Design and previous Associate Legal Counsel at The Ohio State University – will provide a solid grounding in FERPA’s most important requirements and exceptions, as well as practical steps and solutions for dealing with common FERPA issues. This webinar will focus particularly on FERPA issues that often arise in faculty settings.

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways: 

Starting from an overview of the FERPA framework, we will address issues that faculty commonly face – often without realizing the FERPA implications – including:

• Posting grades
• Emailing with, and about, students
• Recommendation letters
• Use of online learning platforms and other collaborative pedagogies
• Talking with (helicopter) parents
• Student requests to see faculty notes and other records about them
• Administrator requests for student information

Faculty will leave with practical, easy-to-understand guidance on how best to handle these issues.

This webinar will present a thorough, plain-English outline of the most important FERPA concepts and requirements of relevance to faculty.  

Presenter

Steven J. McDonald is the retired General Counsel at Rhode Island School of Design and previously served as Associate Legal Counsel at The Ohio State University.
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• Materials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)
• Certificate of completion for each participant
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