The University complies with the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 1974, as amended. This law maintains that the institution will provide for the confidentiality of student education records.
No one outside the institution shall have access to nor will LMU disclose any information from students’ education records without the written consent of students, except to personnel within the institution, to officials of other institutions in which students seek to enroll, to persons or organizations providing students financial aid, to accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation function, to persons in compliance with a judicial order, and to persons in an emergency in order to protect the health or safety of students or other persons. All these exceptions are permitted under the Act. To provide written consent for the disclosure of your education records, please complete the FERPA form available at https://www.lmunet.edu/registrar/ferpa/forms.php.
At its discretion, LMU may provide directory information in accordance with the provision of the Act to include: student name, address, telephone number, major field of study, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, and weight and height of members of athletic teams. Enrolled students may withhold disclosure by writing to the attention of the Registrar.
Students may not inspect and review financial information submitted by their parents; confidential letters and recommendations associated with admissions, employment or job placement, or honors to which they have waived their rights of inspection and review; or education records containing information about more than one student, in which case LMU will permit access only to that part of the record which pertains to the inquiring student.
Lincoln Memorial University maintains a list of all persons, except other LMU officials, who have received a copy of the student’s education record. A copy of the LMU institutional policy on the release of education records is on file in the President’s Office and the Registrar’s Office.