Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
Information shall be provided on financial assistance
available to students, costs of attending the institution, the refund policy of
the institution, and the instructional programs and other related aspects of
the institution, as provided in this section.
(a) Information on financial assistance
available to students shall be provided for each of the aid categories listed
in this subdivision. The information printed for each program of financial
assistance available to students at that institution, and for which student
application is required, shall include: application procedures, including a
description of forms and their preparation, method of selection of recipients
and allocation of awards, award schedule, and rights and responsibilities of
recipients. Standard current descriptions of State and Federal financial
assistance programs will be provided by the Education Department in cooperation
with the Higher Education Services Corporation to the institutions subject to
the provisions of this Part. These descriptions, or some other descriptions
providing the required information, along with current procedures and
definitions related to emancipated student status, shall be provided by the
institutions to persons identified in section
53.2 of this Part. Where summary
information is provided, an institutional office where detailed information can
be obtained shall be identified.
(1) State
programs. Information shall be provided for those of the following programs for
which students at the institution may be eligible: the Tuition Assistance
Program (TAP), Regents College Scholarships, Regents Nursing Scholarships,
Regents Awards for Children of Deceased or Disabled Veterans, State Assistance
for Native Americans, guaranteed student loans, and also special programs for
the economically and educationally disadvantaged including the Higher Education
Opportunity Program (HEOP), Education Opportunity Program (EOP), Search for
Education and Elevation through Knowledge (SEEK), College Discovery (CD)
Program, and the Work Incentive (WIN) Program. Any other State program which
accounts for 10 percent or more of the total State student aid administered by
the institution shall also be described in similar detail and
terminology.
(2) Federal programs.
Information shall be provided for those of the following programs for which
students at the institution may be eligible: the Basic Educational Opportunity
Grants (BEOG) program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG),
National Direct Student Loans (NDSL), College Work Sugdy (CWS) program, social
security payments to children of deceased/disabled parents, Federal aid to
Native Americans, and Veterans Administration educational benefits. Any other
Federal program which accounts for 10 percent or more of the total Federal
student aid administered by the institution shall also be described in similar
detail and terminology.
(3) Local
institutional programs. Information shall be provided on grants, scholarships,
waivers, deferrals, loans, including small emergency loans, and work-study
arrangements which are administered by the institution. Financial aid programs
involving awards of $300 or more per year shall be individually listed,
including restrictions if any. THe number and average value or programs with
awards of less than $300 per year shall be provided, along with the name,
address and telephone number of an institutional office from which more
detailed information can be obtained.
(b) Costs of attending the institution for
each of the cost categories listed below shall be provided. Estimates, so
indicated, may be used where exact figures are unavailable or inappropriate.
Where summary information is provided, an institutional office where detailed
information can be obtained shall be identified.
(1) Tuition and fees. Information shall be
provided on all assessments against students for direct educational and general
purposes. A brief description of purpose of any mandatory fee shall be included
if the purpose of such fee is not apparent from its name. Course fees and lab
fees shall be clearly identified. Conditions under which nonmandatory fees need
not be paid shall be clearly stated.
(2) Books and supplies. Estimated costs of
textbooks, books, manuals, consumable supplies and equipment, which a student
should possess as a necessary corollary to instruction, shall be provided.
Separate estimates shall be provided for major program categories for which
such costs vary more than 25 percent from the average for the entire
institution.
(3) Room and board.
Costs of housing and food services operated by the institution shall be
provided where such services are available. Estimated costs of similar
accommodations available in the community shall also be provided. These figures
shall be consistent with estimated student budgets prepared by the
institution's financial aid office.
(4) Other living expenses. Estimated cost of
personal expenses applicable to students devoting primary efforts to pursuit of
educational objectives shall be provided. This estimate shall be consistent
with similar figures defined by the institution's financial aid
office.
(c) The
institution shall state its policy concerning refunds due to failure of
students to complete an academic term for any reason. The policy shall include
the percentage or amount of tuition, fees, institution-operated room and board,
and other assessments to be refunded after specified elapsed periods of
time.
(d) The instructional
programs of the institution shall be accurately described.
(1) Degree, certificate and diploma programs.
A list of degree, certificate and diploma programs shall be provided. The list
shall be consistent with the inventory of registered degree and certificate
programs maintained by the Education Department. The list shall contain at
least the official approved program title, degree and HEGIS code number, and
shall be preceded by a statement that enrollment in other than registered or
otherwise approved programs may jeopardize a student's eligibility for certain
student aid awards.
(2) Program
descriptions. Each degree, certificate or diploma program shall be described in
terms of both prerequisites and requirements for completion.
(3) The academic year in which each
instructional offering (course) is expected to be taught shall be
indicated.
(4) Program-related
facilities. A general description of instructional, laboratory and other
facilities directly related to the academic program shall be provided, in
addition to general information describing the total physical plant. Narrative
and/or statistical information shall be provided about library collections and
facilities, student unions, and institution-operated eating places. Hours of
operation, including holiday and vacation schedules, shall be
provided.
(5) Faculty and other
instructional personnel. Regular resident faculty shall be listed by rank, with
the highest degree held by the faculty member and the institution by which such
degree was granted, and department or major program area to which such member
is assigned. An estimated number of adjunct faculty and teaching assistants in
each department or major program area shall be provided.
(6) Student retention. Information on student
retention and graduation rates shall be provided based on a summary of the most
recent cohort survival statistics (e.g., percentages of those students enrolled
at the end of the spring term, percentages of freshman classes that graduate in
four, five and six years) available to the institution for at least full-time
undergraduates. Statistics shall be computed in a manner consistent with data
reported to the Education Department through its higher education data
system.
(7) Placement of graduates.
Summaries of job placement and graduate school placement statistics compiled by
the institution, including its placement center, shall be provided where
available.
