The college continually receives requests from outside sources for information about students, both past and present. The staff and faculty of the college are reminded that 20 U.S.C 1232(g) the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 directs the college to adopt a policy on student education records to insure that information contained in such records is treated in a responsible manner with due regard to the personal nature of the information contained in those records. In order to prevent embarrassment or possible legal involvement of the college and its employees because of improper disclosure of information, it is important that college policy be implemented in the release of such information.