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Marshall University

2016

FERPA

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Effectiveness Of An Online Ferpa Training Program, Sonja G. Cantrell Jan 2016

Effectiveness Of An Online Ferpa Training Program, Sonja G. Cantrell

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This two-phase study focuses primarily on improving faculty and staff knowledge as it relates to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). Phase one of the study examined the current FERPA training practices at four year, public higher education institutions in West Virginia via an interview process, using a mixed quantitative and qualitative design. Phase two of the study determined the effectiveness of an online comprehensive FERPA training module as compared to an online simple notification of the FERPA regulation module, and whether either significantly increased the level of FERPA knowledge among faculty and staff at one …