Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

AddendumE. Sending Institution: The institution of higher educationof most recent previous enrollment by a transfer studentat which transferable academic credit was earned.F. Transfer Student: A student entering an institution forthe first time with academic credit earned at anotherinstitution which is applicable for credit at the institutionthe student is entering.Appendix 2.Annual Notice to Students of RightsUnder FERPAThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affordsthe student rights with respect to education records. They are:1. The right to inspect and review the educationalrecords within 45 days of the day the college receives arequest for access.The student must submit to the Registrar a writtenrequest that identifies the record(s) they wish toinspect. The Registrar will make arrangements foraccess and send notice of the time and place where therecords may be inspected.If the Office of Registration and Records does notmaintain the records, the Registrar will advise thestudent of the college official to whom the requestshould be addressed.2. The right to request the amendment of educationrecords believed to be inaccurate or misleading.The student must write the college official responsiblefor the record, clearly identify the part of the record inquestion, and specify why it is accurate or misleading.If the college decides not to amend the record asrequested, the college will send notice of the decisionand advise the student of the right to a hearingregarding request for amendment. Within thirty (30)days from the date of the request, the Admissions,Academic Standing and Financial Aid committee willschedule and hold a hearing. The petitioning partywill be given an opportunity to present reasons forconcern to the committee and the Committee willnotify the student within fourteen (14) days thereafterof the results of its findings.3. The right to consent to disclosure of non-directory,personally identifiable information contained ineducation records, except to the extent that FERPAauthorizes disclosure without consent.One exception that permits disclosure without consentis disclosure to school officials with legitimate educationalinterests. A school official is a person employedby the college in an administrative, supervisory,academic, research or support staff position; a personor company with whom the college has contracted(such as an attorney, auditor or collection agency); aperson serving on the Board of Trustees.A school official has a legitimate educational interest ifthe official needs to review an educational record inorder to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.Upon request, the College discloses educationalrecords without consent to officials of another schoolin which a student seeks or intends to enroll.Directory information is information that may bereleased to a third party without your consent.Directory information includes, but is not limited to,name, address, telephone number, date and place ofbirth, dates of attendance, degrees earned, previouscolleges attended, enrollment status, (full-time or parttime),campus e-mail address, and participation inofficially recognized activities and sports. While thecollege does not routinely release information toeveryone who inquires, it may legally do so if thethird party demonstrates a legitimate need to knowsuch information. Student may refuse to permit suchdisclosure without written consent by notifying theOffice of Registration and Records in writing of theirwish to be excluded from such release of information.4. The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Departmentof Education concerning alleged failures by the collegeto comply with the requirements of FERPA. Thename and address of the office that administersFERPA is:Family Policy Compliance OfficeU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20202-4605Appendix 3.Student Right-to-Know Graduation andTransfer-Out RatesFederal Student-Right-to-Know regulations call for colleges anduniversities to report the graduation and transfer rates of “full-time,first-time degree or certificate-seeking undergraduates enteringthe institution on or after September 1, 1996.” These rates arebased on degree completion or transfer-out within “150 percentof normal time,” which for a two-year institution would be threeyears. The rates do not include those who may have taken longerthan three years to graduate or transfer.Chesapeake College, a two-year public regional community college,has adopted an open admissions policy in keeping with itsphilosophy of providing residents with access to postsecondaryeducation. Thus students attend the College with a wide varietyof goals including exploring transfer or career courses/programsand obtaining associate degrees and certificates.225