By Audience: Researchers

The Department is committed to protecting student privacy. To provide more timely and effective assistance to parents and students and to address a recommendation made by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General to “implement a risk-based approach to processing and resolving FERPA complaints,”  the Department is modifying its investigatory practices to more efficiently address and resolve complaints and violations under FERPA.  

The Office of Educational Technology will host the Education Stabilization Fund – Reimagine Workforce Preparation Grants (ESF-RWP) Credential Interoperability pre-application webinar for prospective applicants July 16th, 2020.

With this webinar we hope to expand the conversation around education data transfer and blockchain technologies. Join us for a conversation around the privacy implications to sharing data throughout a lifelong learner’s journey.

The recording for this presentation can be found here.

Student financial aid information may be used for program evaluation and research purposes.

The U.S Department of Education has issued this guidance letter in response to a technical assistance request from Suffolk University.  In their request, representatives from the University sought guidance on the use of the Department’s National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) for research and evaluation purposes, to study student loan servicing and borrower default and delinquency of Suffolk’s students and graduates.