Maintaining Records of Student Work: Crookston, Morris, Rochester, Twin Cities

Instructors and academic units are responsible for maintaining records of student work and grade books, as follows:

1. Instructors and academic units should either return submitted student work to the student, or retain it for 30 days after grades for the class are posted to the student’s transcript. This provides students the opportunity to retrieve or review their work, as appropriate.
2. After 30 days, any retained student work may be discarded securely (following applicable University document-destruction procedures).
3. A student may request that retained student work be retained until 30 days into the next semester (not including summer, so a request in the spring would require a unit to hold the work until 30 days into the following fall semester). A student must make this request to the instructor no later than the last day of instruction for the class.
4. Instructors must maintain the privacy of student work and follow FERPA, Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA), and University policy in retaining and returning student work as documented in Administrative Policy: Managing Student Records. For example, student work may not be left in hallways or other public places where anyone may see it, see Procedure: Accessing and Using Student Education Records.
5. Academic units must retain grade books or their equivalents for a minimum of one year or, if a grade is appealed, until the end of the appeal. Instructors leaving the University must give all grading records to the department.
6. Academic units must also be aware of and follow Administrative Policy: Managing University Records Retention.

Exclusions

This policy is not applicable to the Duluth Campus.