Riverland Community College

Directory Information Withhold/Release Request eForm

Riverland Community College has defined the following as Directory Information:

• Student’s name
• City of residence
• Address
• Phone number
• Riverland issued e-mail address
• Major field of study
• Classification (Freshman or Sophomore)
• Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
• Dates of attendance
• Date of graduation
• Enrollment status - full-time or part-time
• Degrees, honors, and awards receive
• Most recent previous schools/colleges attended• Weight, height, name of high school and statistics for members of athletic teams
• Student photographs (stills or motion)
• In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended, you have the right to request we withhold your directory information. We will continue to release information about you as dictated by federal and state laws.

Implications of Withholding Your Directory Information

If you request that we withhold your Directory Information, all requests for information from non-institutional persons or organizations will be refused without your written authorization, except where required by law. For example, the college would be unable to verify your degree, honors, major or enrollment for possible employment, loan deferment, insurance eligibility, home mortgage application, apartment lease, etc., unless the request is accompanied by your signed, dated release. Riverland can not assume responsibility for contacting you for this authorization, nor can we accept liability for honoring your request that such information be withheld.

Your request to withhold your directory information becomes a part of your student record and will remain in effect until you instruct us in writing to remove the hold status on your record.

Authorizing the Release of Information

During the time your request is in effect, you must authorize, on a transaction-by-transaction basis, the release of information (for example, the release of an enrollment verification).  Authorization is submitted in the form of a signed and dated request.

Please find the "Directory Information Withhold/Release Request eForm" form HERE