Basic Information:

Students are able to initiate, manage, and expire their consents directly through PAWS, although a new universal paper form also exists, primarily for former students who no longer can access PAWS. 

New students will begin receiving information about the FERPA consent functionality in PAWS at orientations. Further information on how students can initiate FERPA consents in PAWS can be found on the Student Information Release website, along with information on PAWS Designate Access functionality. In addition to the new consent functionality for students, most PAWS administrative users are able to view the consents that a student has on file.

Please note:

• Student consent releases that were submitted prior to July 2015 may not be reflected on the Student Consent Release page in PAWS. 
  
• Prior to the universal process, multiple offices around campus maintained separate processes for the release of records in their areas (Registrar, Bursars, Financial Aid, University Housing, and Dean of Students), and consent release information from that period will be retained exclusively within those offices.  

Although most administrative users have access to view student FERPA consent releases in PAWS, it is expected that the information will only support cursory communications with third parties.  Any official release of UWM records under FERPA should be handled by the offices that are the custodians of the requested data.

• Registrar's Office for academic records
• Office of Student Accounts for financial records
• Financial Aid for financial aid records
• University Housing for housing records
• Dean of Students for disciplinary records

If any questions come up, please contact the Registrar's Office via our online contact form.