1. Education cost/ Breakdown of costs
2. Refund policies
3. Available financial aid programs
We provide disclosures on salary ranges expected (data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.), placement rates per program, and student body diversity.
The school Admission Staff deal with providing the initial information for a prospective student to include Financial Aid information, Right To Know issues, Campus Safety (to incluude drugs and/or alcohol).
I meet with each prospective student who is considering entering into our specific program and discuss the diversity, interest, and growth opportunities in the profession.
Three things we disclose in the campus catalog are the attendance policies, dress code policies, and probation policies.
1. Education cost
2. Refund policies
3. Available financial aid programs
The consumer information regulations regarding drug and alcohol abuse materials.
Ensuring appropriate loan counseling requirements
are completed.
Students Right To Know disclosures are enforced.
Martha - it's great to hear of this level of commitment from your institution! Thanks for sharing.
Concorde goes to great lengths as an institution to insure that we comply with the required disclosures. We are very ethical in our dealings with prospective students and we do not disparage competitors - we follow best practices to focus on our strengths and our own assets as reasons why students should choose to come to Concorde. We provide very specific completion, graduation, and starting salary information.
Schools must disclose only that information that is necessary and legally approved to assist a potential student to apply to their program.
Three disclosures made at my institution are:
1. Drug Prevention Materials
2. List of Occupations by program
3. Campus Security
How and when their payments come due. Where they can go on line for finacial possible support. How important it is that they stay current with their payments.
Federal Student Disclosures
Student Body Diversity Disclosures
School Preformance Fact Sheet
Campus Security Policy, Students rights/FERPA and Drug& Alcohol Abuse
Please add to my previous posting:
4. School Catalogue to include:
a. Mission Statement
b. Goals and Objectives
1. Job Description
2. Annual Salary
3. Specific Duties
We are to post the following:
Completion/Pass rates
Student Debt Ratio
Placement Ratio
accreditation, dress code, and our PTO policy since we are clock hour.
They asked about the Cost, the placement rate and course outline.
FERPA, Tuition costs, SAP
FERPA - importance of student's privacy
Accreditation - due to our program needing specific occupation accreditation, as well as state and national accreditation
Prospective salaries and placement - these are major points of concern with prospective students
