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EDUCAUSE Live! October 17, 2007 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

A Fresh Look at FERPA

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Steven J. McDonaldSteven J. McDonald
General Counsel
Rhode Island School of Design

Steven J. McDonald is general counsel at the Rhode Island School of Design and previously served as associate legal counsel at The Ohio State University. He has handled a number of Internet-related legal matters, ranging from alleged infringements of copyrighted materials on student Web pages to investigations of computer break-ins to an e-mail death threat to Socks, the Clintons’ cat. He began his legal career in private practice at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, where he represented CompuServe in Cubby v. CompuServe, the first online libel case, and he also has taught courses in Internet law at Ohio State’s College of Law and at Capital University Law School. He is a past member of the board of directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the past chair of its task force on electronic delivery, and the editor of its Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: A Legal Compendium. He received his AB from Duke University in 1982 and his JD from The Yale Law School in 1985.

Nancy E. TribbenseeNancy E. Tribbensee
General Counsel
Arizona University System

Nancy E. Tribbensee works for the Arizona Board of Regents as general counsel for the Arizona University System. Prior to this appointment, she served as legal counsel for Arizona State University from 1989 through October 2006. Her research areas include mental health issues, student affairs, free speech, intellectual property, technology transfer, research, risk management, and computer use and security. She is a board member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and chair of the NACUA Strategic Planning Committee. She also sits on the board of directors for the Foothills Academy College Preparatory Charter School. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Tribbensee was an associate with the Evans, Kitchel, and Jenckes law firm in Phoenix. She holds an MA and a BA in philosophy, a JD, and a PhD in counseling psychology from Arizona State University.

Summary

Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Steven J. McDonald and Nancy E. Tribbensee, and the topic will be "A Fresh Look at FERPA."

In light of recent incidents, and with another school year now under way, it’s a good time to remind ourselves of our obligations—and rights—under FERPA, the federal statute that governs the privacy of student records and information. Here’s what we’ll cover:

  • FERPA 101: The purpose and basic structure of FERPA
  • FERPA 201: FERPA’s most important exceptions
  • FERPA 301: The metaphysics of FERPA in the electronic world

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