Is This a Public Directory Information Request?

If the school is teeny, teeny tiny, you might be the first request like this they've ever gotten. You can email the registrar still say, this is a public directory information request. And really hit hard on why the information matters. There's no national privacy law for faculty. Usually they'll just straight up answer you. Most universities will tell you how long they taught there, their beginning date, their end day and what department they taught in. A few will tell you the nature of their being let go. Not always, but i have had it happened where t i'll just say, can you tell me if it was the end of a contract, a firing,