Registration and Records
Access to Student Records
Students have the right to review their records and seek to have their records amended. They also have the right of privacy of their educational records. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, FERPA, provides students with guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data.
WCTC defines the following information as directory information: students's name, address, telephone, email address, date of birth, dates of attendance, grade level, enrollment status (full-time/part-time), degree(s) and date conferred, honors and awards received, major field of study, the most recent educational agency or institution attended, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, height and weight of athletic team member. Students enrolled at WCTC may request that WCTC not release any directory information. Students must complete a Privacy Request Form. The college will honor this request until the student revokes it in writing with the Rescind Privacy Request Form.
Please consider carefully the consequences of any decision to withhold directory information. Any requests for such information from non-institutional person or organization such as perspective colleges and employers will be refused.
Identity Theft Prevention Program
Section 114 of the Federal Trade Commission's Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 created the Red Flags Rule. This regulation requires the college to have an Identity Theft Prevention Program designed to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft in connection with opening a covered account or existing covered account and to provide administration of the program. The college's program will:
- Identify relevant red flags for covered accounts it offers or maintains and incorporate those red flags into the program.
- Detect red flags that have been incorporated into the program.
- Respond appropriately to any red flags that are detected to prevent and mitigate identity theft.
- Ensure the program is updated periodically to reflect changes in risks to students and to the saftey and soundness of the creditor from identity theft.