Refund Policy, Parental Notification, Privacy Policy
and Other Consumer Information
Student "Consumer Information"
In the 1998 Higher Education Act amendments Congress requires
that colleges provide students with a list of consumer disclosures.
Here we give you a brief description of the disclosure information
and how to obtain the complete disclosure information. If you
need any further assistance after reading the various publications
or after contacting the individual departments we ask that you
contact the Financial Aid Office at 800-634-9797, extension
5936. We will be happy to assist you.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
(This only applies to enrolled students)
- Right to and procedures for inspecting and reviewing
a student's educational records
- Right to and procedures for requesting amendment of
a student's education records
- Right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable
information contained in the student's education records
- Right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department
of Education
- Right to obtain a copy of the student records policy
Our student records policy is available on the College's
website. A copy is also sent with each student's Payment
Plan and Promissory Note and can be found in the Student
Handbook. Copies are also available upon request in the
Registrar's Office or in the Financial Aid Office.
Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) Loan
Deferments for Performed Services
Terms and conditions of deferments for:
- Service in the Peace Corps
- Service under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973
- Comparable volunteer service for tax-exempt organization
of demonstrated effectiveness in the field of community
service
This information is available upon request in the
Financial Aid Office.
Available Financial Assistance
- Description of all available federal, state, local,
private and institutional financial need-based and non-need-based
assistance programs, and for each program a description
of:
- Application form and procedures
- Student eligibility requirements
- Selection criteria
- Criteria for determining the amount of a student's
award
- Rights and responsibilities of students receiving
Title IV and other financial aid, including:
- Criteria for continued eligibility
- Satisfactory academic progress standards and criteria
to reestablish eligibility if student fails to maintain
satisfactory academic progress
- Method and frequency of financial aid disbursements
- Terms of any loans received, sample loan repayment
schedules and the necessity for repaying loans
- General conditions and terms applicable to any
employment offered as part of student's financial
aid award
- Exit counseling information required to be provided
and to be collected from student borrowers of the
FFEL Program
This information is available in the Financial Aid
Office, in the Financial Aid Handbook, and in the Stafford
Loan Master Promissory Note.
Institutional Information
- Cost of attending Thomas Aquinas College
- Refund policies
- Requirements for officially withdrawing from school
- Summary of requirements for the return of Title IV
loan assistance by withdrawn students
- Information regarding Thomas Aquinas College's academic
programs
- Entities that accredit, license or approve Thomas
Aquinas College and procedures for reviewing school's
accreditation, licensing or approval documentation
- Description of any special services and facilities
for disabled students
- Title and available employee(s) responsible for dissemination
of institutional and financial disclosure information
and how to contact them
This information is available in the Financial Aid
Office and in the following Thomas Aquinas College publications:
Bulletin of Information (some of the above information)
Student Handbook (some of the above information)
Completion/Graduation Rates
- Completion or graduation rates of certificate or degree-seeking,
full-time undergraduates who graduated or completed
their program within 150% of the normal time for graduation
or completion
These rates are available upon request in the Registrar's
Office.
Campus Security Report
- Statistics for the 3 most recent calendar years concerning
occurrences of crime on campus and on public property
immmediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
- Policies regarding procedures to report crimes committed
on campus, criminal actions or other emergencies and
Thomas Aquinas College's response to such reports
- Policies concerning the security of and access to
campus facilities
- Policies concerning campus law enforcement
- Policies concerning alcohol and drug use
This information is available in the following publications:
Crime statistics and related information are posted
in the glass encased bulletin board in St. Joseph Commons
(A written notice will be sent to each student by campus
mail when updates to this information are posted.)
Policies concerning alcohol and drug use are in
the Student Handbook and available from the financial
aid office. A memorandum is also sent to each student
annually by the Dean.
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