Use of Student Data
Why? |
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has developed a national reputation for collecting and analyzing student data to help improve the educational effectiveness of our programs and services and to support individual students with available academic resources. We’ve also worked with other institutions to develop best practices in transparency about use of student data. The data UMBC collects is protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which allow institutions to analyze student data while also protecting its privacy. For more information, please see https://ogc.umbc.edu/ferpa-rights-notification. |
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What? |
The types of student data that UMBC collects may include:
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How? |
UMBC will collect this information through:
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Who? |
UMBC grants student data access to employees with an “educational interest,” including the following:
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Questions? |
For questions about the use of your data, please send an email to the Office of Enrollment Management (enrollment@umbc.edu) or the Division of Information Technology Privacy Office (privacy@umbc.edu). |