Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their educational records.  Visit Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for more information.

The Office of the Registrar serves as custodian of all student records at Carteret Community College except those specifically relating to financial aid.

Contact: Admissions@cartret.edu

Student Record Confidentiality

In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Buckley Amendment), Carteret Community College is committed to protecting privacy for all students, including distance learning students. This protection includes information collected, how it is used, how we protect it, when it can be released, and access to personal information. In addition to paper and electronic files, this applies to websites and email administered by the College. 

The College may develop more specific privacy practices, procedures, and security statements related to the functionality of each web site. By using any College web site (Carteret Community College website, Moodle site, Web Advisor, etc.) students and employees are giving consent to the privacy and data practices described by Privacy Procedures for that particular site.

Any student who believes that any right pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act has been violated or that college policy is not in compliance with the Act, may file a complaint directly to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Office (FERPA), Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) 330 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201