Student Recommendation Requests

On this page:

• Duluth Faculty Guidelines
• UM General Council
• Student Consent Form
• University Student Data

The following information and links were provided by the University Policy Office, and the Academic Support Resources Office.

Duluth Faculty Guidelines 

Duluth Campus offers faculty some Suggested Guidelines for Providing References for Students

UM General Councel 

The Office of the General Council provides information on Information Access and Restrictions; Personal Data. See especially the section: Can I give a candid employment or academic reference?

Student Consent Form

When students request a reference from University faculty or staff, they must provide written consent to release their University information. The release form can be downloaded from the following link:

• Reference Request and Student Authorization Form

University Student Data 

There are also a couple of general administrative procedures covering the release of student information held by the University.

• Releasing Student Information (Administrative Procedure)
• Responding to Authorizations to Disclose Student Records (Administrative Procedure)