DCB catalog 2024-25

12 Graduate Profile Graduates of Dakota College are self-confident and possess skills that promote life-long learning. When Dakota College graduates leave the nurturing environment the campus provides, they can successfully continue their education or effectively enter the workforce. By utilizing the knowledge gained and the interpersonal and communication skills learned on campus, graduates will become contributing members of society. Dakota College develops responsible graduates who can be successful in life while using and protecting our natural and human resources wisely. Notification of Rights Under FERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students attending post-secondary institutions certain rights with respect to their education records. An “Education Record” is defined as a record that is directly related to a student and is maintained by Dakota College. FERPA rights include: The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the College receives a request for access. • A student should submit a written request to the Office of the Registrar that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. An institutional official will arrange for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the Office of the Registrar, the institutional official responding to the request shall advise the student of the correct department and individual to whom the request should be addressed. The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA. • A student who wishes to ask to amend a record should write to the institutional official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record the student wants changed and specify why it should be changed. • If the institution decides not to amend the record as requested, the institution will notify the student in writing of the decision and of the student’s right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when the student is notified of the right to a hearing. • The right to provide written consent before the institution discloses personally identifiable information from the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent, as described below. Dakota College will not disclose information from a student’s education record without the student’s written consent, except in the following situations: Dakota College discloses education records without a student’s prior written consent to school officials with legitimate educational interests. • A “school official” is a person employed by the institution in an administrative, supervisory, academic, or support staff position (including Public Safety personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom Dakota College has contracted as its agent to provide a service instead of using employees or officials (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. School officials include employees of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office providing representation to Dakota College. • A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record to fulfill his or her professional responsibilities for the College. • Upon request, the College also discloses education records without the student’s consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll, if the disclosure is for the purposes related to the student’s transfer or enrollment in such institution. • Disclosure to authorized representatives of the Comptroller General of the United States, the Attorney General of the United States, the U.S. Department of Education, state/local educational authorities,