Student Directory Information

Directory Information Withhold or Release Request

Use the eForm below to request that Riverland withhold or release your directory information.

What Riverland Defines as Directory Information

Riverland Community College has defined the following as directory information:

  • Student’s name
  • City of residence
  • Riverland-issued email address
  • Major field of study
  • Classification (freshman or sophomore)
  • Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
  • Dates of attendance
  • Date of graduation
  • Enrollment status, including full-time or part-time
  • Degrees, honors, and awards received
  • Most recent previous schools or colleges attended
  • Weight, height, name of high school, and statistics for members of athletic teams
  • Student photographs (still or motion)

In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended, you have the right to request that we withhold your directory information. Riverland will continue to release information as required by federal and state law.

Implications of Withholding Your Directory Information

If you request that Riverland withhold your directory information, 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, a home mortgage application, or an apartment lease unless the request includes your signed and dated release.

Riverland cannot assume responsibility for contacting you for this authorization, and the college cannot accept liability for honoring your request that this information be withheld.

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

Authorizing the Release of Information

While your request is in effect, you must authorize the release of information on a transaction-by-transaction basis, such as for an enrollment verification. Authorization must be submitted as a signed and dated request.

Please use the to submit your request.