DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore reserves for students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights are:
- The right to inspect and review their education records within 45 days of the day the Institute receives a request for access. Students should submit to the Registrar’s Office, Provost, or head of the academic department (or appropriate official) written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The Institute official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the Institute official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
- The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes is inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the Institute to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate. They should write to the Institute official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate. If the Institute decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the Institute will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records. One exception, which permits disclosure without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is defined as a person employed by the Institute in an administrative supervisory, academic, or support staff position; law enforcement officials and health staff; a person or company with whom the Institute has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. Upon request, the Institute discloses education records without consent to officials of another school to which a student seeks or intends to enroll.