​Student Consumer Information

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 Disclosures

The following links provide important information about Providence College, as required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. Questions about this information should be directed to the Office of General Counsel via email at mcaprio@providence.edu

Academic and Administrative

Academic Program

• NEASC Regional Accreditation
• Chemistry
• Education Programs
• Music
• Social Work

• Undergraduate
• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business
• School of Continuing Education
• School of Professional Studies

Credit transfer policies for new students:

• AP credit, IB credit, and college courses taken while in high school
• Transfer credits to the undergraduate day school
• Transfer credits to the Providence College School of Continuing Education
• Transfer credits to the Providence College Graduate Program 

• Courses from other College and Universities
• Language Consortium
• Study Abroad Credit
• SCE Approved Course List
• Articulation Agreements
• Undergraduate Day School
• School of Continuing Education
• Leave of absence and voluntary withdrawal from college
• Readmission and reinstatement
• HEOA Veterans Readmission Policy.pdf

Privacy of student academic records - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Confidentiality of student records - guidance for parents

• Copyright policy and guidelines: unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing

• Retention rate
• Completion/graduation and transfer-out rates (including disaggregated completion/graduation rates)
• Placement in employment
• Job placement rates
• Types of graduate and professional education in which PC's graduates enroll

• Gender and race/ethnicity
• Pell grant recipients

• Current Catalog
• Student Handbook, pages 52-54

Athletics

Financial

• Cost of Attendance
• Net price calculator
• Refund Policy
• Textbook information

Loans

• Contact information for assistance in obtaining institutional or financial aid information
• Student financial aid information
• Student loan information published by U.S. Dept. of Education
• National student loan data system
• Entrance counseling for student borrowers
• Frequently Asked Questions (pdf)
• Exit counseling for student borrowers
• Code of Conduct

Health and Safety

Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report - (pdf) includes information on:

• Emergency Response and Evacuation Procedures (pages 19-20)
• Crime alert/timely warnings and emergency notification (pages 6-7)
• Fire safety regulations and procedures (pages 15-19)
• Missing Student Policy (page 13)
• Crime statistics and procedures (page 24)
• Information for crime victims about disciplinary hearings (page 21)

Drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs for students - includes information on:

• Alcohol-related initiatives
• Drug Policy (pages 49-50)
• Drug-free schools and campuses notification (pdf)
• New student orientation - behavioral standards (Available next spring)

Drug Free Workplace Policy (pdf)
Immunization policies
Privacy of student health records (FERPA) (pages 54-57 and page 59)

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