With certain exceptions, Southern Methodist University may not release any personally identifiable information from a student’s education records to any third party (including parents) without written consent from the student. However, students may grant access to their education records to parents and others through the “Release of Education Records” feature in my.SMU. At SMU, a student may choose to release all of their education records, restrict access to specified areas, or a student can specifically deny access to a third-party.
Release of Education Records Instructions
Grant parents or others Authorized Access to view or receive some or all of your information
You may control access to your education records through my.SMU. From the Student Dashboard in my.SMU, you will find the “Release of Education Records” link in the menu. Release of Education Records has the following tabs: