Availability of consumer information

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires colleges and universities that participate in federal student financial aid programs to disclose certain information to current and prospective students, and to university employees.

The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), includes many disclosure and reporting requirements. A disclosure requirement is information that a postsecondary education institution is required to distribute or make available to another party, such as students or employees. A reporting requirement is information submitted to the U.S. Department of Education or other agencies. Disclosure and reporting requirements sometimes overlap. For certain topics, institutions are required to make information available to students or others and to submit information to the Department of Education.

Required information that must be disclosed include:

1. General information about NEOMED – programs, campus map and facilities, faculty and staff directory, copyright policy, ADA for staff and employees, employment opportunities, non-discrimination policies

2. Academic programs and related policies – offered programs, transfer credit policies, program outcomes, FERPA policies.

3. Student enrollment – Enrollment, retention, and diversity characteristics, diversity resources and programming, student organizations and leadership opportunities, anti-hazing policy for students, employees, alumni, and volunteers, program outcomes.

4. Health and safety for students, faculty, and staff – drug and alcohol prevention programs and workplace policy, annual security report, fire logs, and fire safety report, emergency notifications and evacuation, and related policies.

5. Student financial assistance – availability of financial aid, programs offered, student loan information, cost of attendance, code of conduct of employees, rights and responsibilities of students.

6. Student tuition and fee assessment, payment options, tuition refund policy.

7. Miscellaneous disclosures – Student complaint resolution, Constitution Day, information security.

You can view the detailed Consumer Information and Disclosure on our website.

-- Submitted by Michael A. Kempe, mkempe@neomed.edu