FERPA (Academic Privacy) Question

NJSue
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:31:33 +0000

Icedragon, professors aren’t legally permitted to provide additional accommodations to a student by private negotiation in addition to those outlined on the accommodations form. The Disabilities Services office on campus determines, in conjunction with the student, what accommodations are reasonable in order to ensure that all students are complying with the basic requirements of the course and the university. Professors aren’t experts on learning disabilities and can’t be expected to know when an accommodation is reasonable (i.e. it helps the student succeed in fulfilling the course requirements without compromising necessary expectations) or unreasonable (i.e. it’s an unfair advantage that permits the student to get out of things that other students are expected to do).