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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, you can 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
  
  
• 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
  • Plans for Improving the educational program
• Faculty: Page 260 of the 2009-2010 Academic Catalogue
  
  
• Instructional Facilities
  
  
• Net Price Calculator: available in October 2011.  Undergraduate Student Billing worksheet is currently available.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Student Activities (Office of Student Engagement)
  
  
• Textbook Information
  
  
• Transfer of Credit Policy
  
  
• Withdrawal and Return of Federal Financial Aid
  
  

Financial Assistance

• Assistance Available from Federal, State, Local and Institutional Programs:
  • Undergraduate Financial Aid Award Guide 2009-2010
  • Graduate Financial Aid Information and Award Guide 2009-2010
  • Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program Financial Information and Award Guide 2009-2010
• 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
  • Preferred Lender Arrangements:
    • Department of Education website: Federal Stafford
    • Department of Education website: Federal Perkins loan
• Procedures Applicable to Financial Aid:
  • Applying for Aid: Pages 4 and 5
  • Distribution and Disbursement of Aid: Pages 13 through 15
• 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
  • Satisfactory Progress: Pages 24 through 26 of the 2009-2010 Academic Catalogue
• 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
  
  
• Campus security policies, crime statistics and crime log (Clery Act Report)
  
  
• Emergency Response and Evacuation Procedures
  
  
• Fire Safety policies, Fire Statistics and Fire Log (On-Campus Housing Facilities)
  
  
• Student Health and Counseling Center
  
  
• 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 2008 & Fiscal Year 2008
  
  
• Job Placement for Graduates
  
  
• Graduate and Professional Education Placement for Graduates
  
  
• Retention Rate: Page 48 of the Goucher College Fact Book 2008 & Fiscal Year 2008
  
  

Teacher Preparation Program Report

• Graduate Program Teacher Preparation: Page 50 to 51 of the 2009-2010 Graduate Programs in Education Academic Catalogue

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.