College Catalog 2009-2010 PDF - Phillips Community College

The State Refund Policy will apply when a student withdraws
from all classes provided that the student has followed the official
withdrawal procedure. This policy was adopted by the
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees as the official state
refund policy for all its member institutions and entitles students
to refunds as follows:
Registration, Tuition and Fees
Up to and including five class days ......................100%
From the sixth class day through the tenth
class day ........................................................................... 50%
The eleventh class day and after .................No Refund
Any student who drops one or more courses and continues to
be enrolled during a fall or spring semester shall be entitled to
individual course refunds as follows:
Registration, Tuition and Fees
Up to and including five class days ......................100%
The sixth class day and after .........................No Refund
Any student who drops a course or officially withdraws from
PCCUA during a summer school session shall be entitled to an
adjustment as follows:
Registration, Tuition and Fees
Prior to the start of classes ......................................100%
Up to and including two class days .....................100%
The third through the fifth class days ................... 50%
No adjustments after the fifth class day ...No Refund
Students who receive disbursements of Title IV aid and later
terminate their enrollment require institutional review to determine
if there has been an overpayment of SFA funds, and if
repayment of any financial aid by the student is required.
If repayment to any Title IV program is required, the following
priority list will be used:
•Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan
•Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan
•Federal PLUS Loan
•Federal Pell Grant
•Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
(FSEOG)
•Other Federal Aid programs
The portion of a repayment allocated to a program may not
exceed the amount a student received from that program.
When a student withdraws from the institution, a review will
also be required to determine if a refund should be made to any
financial aid programs and/or the student.
In allocating the Title IV and other components of a refund back
to the various sources the following priority list will be used:
•Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan
•Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan
•Federal PLUS Loan
•Federal Pell Grant
•Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
(FSEOG)
• Other Federal Aid programs
• Other state, private or institutional sources of aid
• The student
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The Federal Refund Policy will not be applicable with regard to
refund calculations at PCCUA since the University of Arkansas
Board of Trustees has adopted a recognized State Refund Policy
for its member institutions as outlined above. Unpaid charges,
which are defined as the amount that institutional costs charged
to the student exceed the total amount paid to institutional costs,
will reduce the amount available to be refunded in certain situations.
For examples of refund calculations students may contact
the accounts receivable clerk in the college’s Business Office.
Standard of Behavior
College students are considered to have reached the age of
responsibility and discretion. Students must realize that the responsibility
for success in college rests largely upon themselves.
Their conduct, both in and out of college, is expected to be
honorable and dignified. The college reserves the right to dismiss
any student whose behavior, on or off the campus, is considered
undesirable or harmful to the college.
The Curricula
Phillips Community College is strongly committed to an educational
program that will provide a foundation for intellectual,
cultural and social growth beyond that imposed by narrow highly
specialized training. To broaden a student’s educational base, it
is required that courses be taken that make up a core of General
Education. These courses include English, Social Science, Fine
Arts, Natural Science, Literature, Mathematics and Physical
Education. Variations and options within the General Education
requirements are available in most curricula.
Distance Learning
PCCUA has several kinds of distance learning options available
for students enrolled at the College. Distance learning may use
live-interactive or asynchronous (i.e. pre-recorded) presentation
methods. Distance learning can be delivered via a variety of
media, including broadcast, webcast, podcast, etc.
Distance learning is a process through which knowledge and
skills are acquired through distributed information and instruction.
Distance learning encompasses all technologies and other
forms of learning at a distance, including instructor-led events.
Normally, distance learning is characterized by the following:
• Separation of place and/or time between learners and learning
resources
• Interaction between learners and learning resources conducted
through one or more media
• Processes may employ a multiple set of deployment methods
in the learning experience, such as written correspondence
study, interactive audio and/or video, computer, and other
electronic technologies. Each of these may be used alone
or in combinations. Use of electronic media is not necessarily
required; technology is a tool to aid the delivery and
provision of learning opportunities.
• Processes may be synchronous occurring in real time or
“asynchronous” involving the access of learning resources
by learners at any time.
Blackboard Login
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Go to Phillips’ homepage, www.pccua.edu and select the
Blackboard link
In the Blackboard, enter your Blackboard, first
intial+lastname+lastfour digits of Datatel ID/Student ID
number (make sure name is All caps, MBURNS8725)