Consumer Information

Availablity of Institutional and Financial Aid Information

Each year colleges and universities are required to provide enrolled and prospective students with a list of specific consumer information and the procedures for how to locate that information. This page will direct you to the location of that information on Goucher’s website.

Contact Information for Assistance in Obtaining Institutional or Financial Aid Information

• If you have questions about financial aid information, visit the Financial Aid website, or contact the Office of Student Financial Aid by phone at (410) 337-6141, or by e-mail at finaid@goucher.edu.

General Institutional Information

• Accreditation, Approval, and Licensure of Institution and Program: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  
  
• Articulation Agreements
  
  • Written Arrangements to Provide Study Abroad Programs

• Career and Job Placement Services:
  • Career Development Office website
• Computer Use and File Sharing:
  • Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright Law
  • Computer Use Policy
• Copyright Infringement - Policies and Sanctions:
  • Copyright Policy
  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act Compliance
  • Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright Law
• Disabilities: Facilities and Services for Students with Disabilities
  
  
• Diversity
  
  
• Educational Program:
  • Undergraduate program
  • Graduate programs
  • Post-Baccalaureate program
• Faculty: Page 283 of the 2011-2012 Academic Catalogue
  
  
• Instructional Facilities
  
  
• Net Price Calculator
  
  
• Price of Attendance:
  • Undergraduate program
  • Post-baccalaureate premedical program
  • Graduate Programs
• Privacy of Student Records – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
  
  
• Refund Policy and Requirements for Withdrawal and Return of Federal Financial Aid
  • http://www.goucher.edu/x40360.xml (Refund Policy)

• Student Activities (Office of Student Engagement)
  
  
• Textbook Information
  
  
• Transfer of Credit Policy

Financial Assistance

• Assistance Available from Federal, State, Local and Institutional Programs:
  • Undergraduate Financial Aid Award Guide 2011-2012
  • Graduate Financial Aid Information and Award Guide 2011-2012
  • Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program Financial Information and Award Guide 2012-2013
• Drug Law Violations - Federal Student Financial Aid Penalties
  
  
• Loan Information:
  • Initial loan Counseling for Student Borrowers
  • Exit Counseling for Student Borrowers
  • Institutional Code of Conduct for Education Loans
  • Preferred Lender lists (Goucher does not have a preferred lender list or arrangements)
• Procedures Applicable to Financial Aid:
  • Applying for Aid
  • Distribution and Disbursement of Aid
• Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (measures of satisfactory academic progress and how a student who failed to maintain satisfactory progress may reestablish eligibility for federal financial aid):
  • Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
• Student employment as part of the financial aid package:
  • Career Development: Student Employment website
  • Financial Aid: Student Employment website
• Study abroad programs and availability of federal student aid

Health and Safety

• Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Policy
• Clery Act Report 
• Emergency Action Plan
• Student Health and Counseling Services 
• Vaccination Policy

Intercollegiate Athletic Program

• Intercollegiate Athletic Program Participation Rates and Financial Support Data (Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act)

Student Outcomes

• Graduation Rates: Page 41 of the Goucher College Fact Book 2010 & Fiscal Year 2010
• Job Placement for Graduates
• Graduate and Professional Education Placement for Graduates
• Retention Rate: Page 48 of the Goucher College Fact Book 2010 & Fiscal Year 2010

Voter Registration

• The fifteenth amendment of the United States Constitution gives citizens the right to vote. Exercise this right by completing the voter registration process for your state.