Access to Student Information
In keeping with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a parent or guardian must be explicitly authorized by their student to receive access to student information, and the authorization must indicate specifically what is to be released.
This includes all elements of the student’s educational record, such as registration status, class schedule, room and board, financial aid, and billing information. For example, if you call a campus office to ask questions on behalf of your student, the student must have already authorized you to access the related information.
Students can manage this authorization process in their LORA Self-Service account in two different ways.
- Guardian proxy access: Loyola will create a LORA Self-Service account for the person authorized. The authorized proxy user account will be able to see elements of the student’s educational record such as course grades and financial aid awards exactly as they appear in the student’s account. Loyola will not interpret the existence of a proxy account as an authorization to disclose any additional information from the student’s record, and students must create a separate student release to authorize that information release. View student instructions for assigning proxy access.
- Authorizing student records release: To authorize the release of educational information beyond what a proxy user can access, a student may grant a student records release. The individuals to whom a student authorizes the university to release student records may be the same or different from any authorized proxy users, and an individual does not need to be a proxy user for a student to authorize records release to that person. University personnel will not directly disclose student information to any person without an active records release. View student instructions for authorizing students records release.
