Policies & Procedures

As a community of scholar-practitioners, Antioch University New England promotes the principles of academic integrity. Accordingly, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty are grounds for disciplinary measures.

“Plagiarize” is defined in Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary as “...to steal and pass off (the ideas and words of others) as one's own; to use (a credited production) without crediting the source; to present as new and original an idea or product from an existing source...” Plagiarizing includes not only taking direct quotes from written or oral sources without citation, but also paraphrasing others' ideas.

Students found to have plagiarized or engaged in other acts of academic dishonesty will receive a "no credit" for the course and may be subject to other disciplinary sanctions through regular academic department and institutional procedures for misconduct, including probation or disenrollment.

1. Antioch University New England will credit prior learning achieved through recent coursework taken for graduate academic credit at an accredited institution and prior learning through various other life experiences. If you believe that you have achieved significant learning beyond your bachelor's degree, and want that learning to appear on your Antioch transcript, you may apply for Advanced Standing. We emphasize, however, that no credit will be awarded merely for life experiences, regardless of how valuable they may have been to you. Antioch University New England will award credit only for the demonstrated learning consistent with your degree plan achieved through prior experience.
2. A maximum of twenty-five percent of a master's degree program may be awarded for prior learning (including Continuing Education credits at AUNE):
   • 4 credits of a 32-credit program
   • 10 credits of a 40-credit program
   • 12 credits of a 50-credit program
   • 15 credits of a 60-credit program
   Exceptions to this rule must be approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
3. The use of transfer credits toward a doctoral degree is at the discretion of the doctoral program director. Please see your academic department for further information.
4. Transfer credits or credit for prior learning through life experience cannot be applied to reduce internship credits. Internship or practicum credits taken at another school may not be applied toward course requirements at Antioch University New England.
5. Earned graduate credits which have been applied toward another degree cannot be credited toward an Antioch degree through the advanced standing process.
6. Courses taken at Antioch University New England as a non-matriculated student within five years of matriculation will automatically be applied to a student's program, and are not considered transfer credits. A maximum of three credits will be applied to programs of 32 credits or less; a maximum of six credits for programs over 32 credits.
7. Students who propose to shorten their program by one or two semesters upon submission of a program plan may be exempt from the minimum number of semesters required for their program.

Please Note: Students without bachelor's degrees must take a full program as a matriculated student. Continuing Education credits earned will not be eligible for inclusion in the degree program.

Prior Learning Defined

Prior learning from life experience must meet two initial tests:

1. It must be equivalent to a graduate-level learning experience
2. It must be relevant to your current degree program.

Prior learning is acquired from a variety of experiences, including:

1. Non-credit-bearing professional training such as summer institutes, in-house training, workshops, and professional development sponsored by employers
2. Professional experiences such as job-related work projects, committee and task force work
3. Volunteer work in community organizations or local government
4. Significant personal experience such as travel
5. Graduate work more than five years old
6. Undergraduate courses taken after earning the bachelor's degree
7. Graduate work at an unaccredited institution

Candidates for prior learning from life experience credits should be aware that some colleges and universities view life experience credit differently from classroom-based credit. Students considering transfer to, or additional graduate study at other institutions should make themselves aware of relevant transfer and admissions policies at those institutions before applying for prior learning credit.

Demonstration and Documentation:

Students who seek credit for learning derived from life experience must be able both to document their experience and to demonstrate their learning.

Documentation is the provision of written materials, or other products, confirming that you have had certain experiences which resulted in learning. Examples of acceptable documentation would include: job descriptions, certificates of attendance or achievement; copies of speeches made or articles, papers, or reports written, curriculum units designed, supporting letters from supervisors or colleagues.

Demonstration is the process by which you articulate the learning that has resulted from these experiences. Most demonstrations are in the form of essays, critiques, or case studies.

Application for the crediting of prior learning proceeds in three phases:

Step I: Development and approval of a plan

1. Meet with your advisor for a preliminary discussion on the content and process of the application.
2. Identify and define the areas in which you have knowledge and/or skills that could be credited.
3. Identify options for documenting and demonstrating your work.
4. Submit to your advisor:
   1. An application form for advanced standing credit award for prior learning based on life experience (available in Registrar's Office), listing the learning areas you plan to document
   2. A plan for documenting each area of competence proposed for prior learning credit
   3. A plan for demonstrating competence in each area
5. Once approved by the advisor, all materials go to the chair of your academic department. S/he can either approve the submitted plan, propose modification, or recommend against the application.

Step II: Completion of Plan

Once the advanced standing plan has been given final approval by the department chairperson, you:

1. Obtain documentation of each area of competence
2. Complete demonstration of each area of competence
3. Assemble and submit a portfolio of all materials to the vice president for academic affairs or designee

Step III: Approval of Credit

The chairperson of your department will review the portfolio and, as a general rule, will seek the counsel and review of faculty who are qualified to evaluate your work, and make a final determination in the award of credit.

1. The student has primary responsibility for determining areas of prior learning to be assessed, planning and gathering documentation, arranging for the demonstration of knowledge and/or skills, and completing all application materials. The student is expected to work closely with his or her advisor in the process.
2. The advisor is responsible for guiding you in the development of your plan and documentation.
3. The chair of your department is responsible for consultation in the planning process, for approval of the student's plans for documentation and demonstration, for contact and designation of outside experts, and/or a Review Committee to review the student's material, and for the overall supervision of the advanced standing process.
4. Experts who agree to participate at the request of the chairperson are responsible for evaluating the student's prior learning in their specific area of expertise.

Students who wish to apply for advanced standing are advised to speak with their program director or department chairperson upon admission. An application should be obtained from the Registrar's Office and completed during your first semester. Decisions on advanced standing will be made during your second semester and will take into account your first semester performance as well as all material submitted with your application.

If you anticipate that an award of advanced standing credits will shorten the number of semesters in the program, you must file a program plan with your advanced standing application. Please see your advisor for details. Program plan forms are available in your department and in the Registrar's Office.

For graduate level coursework taken for academic credit within the past five years at accredited institutions (only a grade of B or better will be accepted for transfer credit if the institution uses a traditional graded system of evaluation):

1. You are responsible for submitting to your advisor the following:
   1. Transfer of Credit Application Form obtained from the Registrar's Office
      (also available in the forms section of the Student Handbook, Forms section, on AUNE website).
   2. Course description(s)
2. Official transcript(s) must be sent directly to the Registrar's Office at Antioch University New England from the institution—we will not accept copies from students.
3. The coursework must be related to your area of concentration and must have been earned within five years prior to your date of matriculation at Antioch University New England. Credit for academic work which is more than five years old may be applied for as learning derived from experience.
4. Continuing education units or professional development credits may not be transferred, but may be the basis for learning derived from life experience.
5. If your advisor approves your application, it goes to the department chairperson and then to the registrar for approval.
6. The Registrar's Office, will then post the credit(s) to your Antioch University New England transcript, file the original copy in your permanent file and distribute other copies as designated on the application form. Transfer credits will then appear on your online academic credit history.

A student usually transfers in coursework from other institutions with two objectives in mind: first, to take fewer courses at Antioch University New England; and second, to pay less tuition for the degree. If the award of advanced standing allows you to finish your degree requirements in fewer semesters, upon submission of a program plan to the Registrar's Office you may be exempt from the minimum number of semesters required in the program.

An alternative to transferring credits into the degree program is to request a waiver of a course or competency area requirement from the program director or chairperson of your department. This will allow you to take more elective credits in subjects that interest you, but will not lower the minimum number of credits you take at Antioch University New England.

Please Note: Waivers do not relieve you of the obligation of dropping a course for which you have registered. You must meet the official drop deadline (please see the drop deadlines listed in the Academic Calendar on the AUNE website)to have the waived course dropped from your schedule.

On entering a degree program, you will be assigned an advisor, who is a faculty member of your department.

Though Antioch University New England is small enough that you will come to know most, if not all, faculty in your department, your advisor plays an especially important role. The extent of this role will vary from department to department, but certain elements remain constant.

Your advisor is the faculty member directly responsible for consulting with you throughout our educational processes. You may expect to work with other faculty members on your internship or practicum, SIS projects, curriculum design, and regular academic course work. However, your advisor will be expected to work with you to design your full program here, and to disuss your registration each semester.

If during the course of your time at Antioch you wish to change your advisor, you should discuss this request with him/her and your department chairperson. Such changes, which often come as a consequence of your increasing contact and affinity with the interest of another faculty member, can usually by accommodated if the faculty person to whom you wish to transfer as advisor is willing and is not already committed to a full advising load.

Questions about compliance with degree requirements, certification requirements, advanced standing applications may be directed to the registrar as well as your advisor.

Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes (we keep our classes small by design) and each person admitted is expected to contribute to the learning of his or her peers. Credit may be denied for failure to regularly attend classes, and/or for missing a designated percentage of class meetings, as specified by each academic department.

Our programs are arranged so that students can live within the community in which they are doing their internship or practicum. However, each of our graduate students is required to complete a substantial portion of his or her program through classes, seminars, and workshops. Only by rare exception are you permitted to pursue a program in which you do an extended portion of your study away from Antioch University New England. Such an exception (e.g., studying abroad) requires that you petition your department chairperson for approval and be able to demonstrate that the quality of your learning will not be affected adversely if the petition is approved.

If you wish to change your degree program once you have been admitted to Antioch University New England, you must fill out a Change of Status form, have it signed by both your present program director and the chairperson of the department you want to transfer, and submit it to the Registrar's Office. In addition, you will be asked to complete a Program Plan form available in the Registrar's Office.

If you are thinking of changing from one program of study to another, please be aware that your tuition may change, or, because you will have to fulfill a new set of degree requirements, you may incur additional expenses. You should consult with your current advisor, the chairperson or program coordinator of the program you are interested in, and the registrar and director of student accounts to help you fully understand the academic and financial implications of changing your degree program.

Registration

Continuing Education status is possible for those who wish to attend Antioch University New England as non-matriculated students (non-degree status). Six credits is the maximum a Continuing Education Student is permitted to earn. Continuing Education Students cannot earn Internship or Practicum credits or register for SISs because we do not provide advisory or supervision services to Continuing Education Students, and these are required on Internship or Practicum and SIS work.

Continuing Education Students must fill out a Continuing Education Application Form (obtainable from the Registrar's Office) for each semester they wish to study. They are registered after all matriculated students have registered; therefore, it is advisable to list alternate choices.

Fees/Payment

Antioch University New England uses a credit/no credit system supplemented by faculty evaluation of four dimensions of your learning in all courses, Supervised Independent Study, and master's projects.

The four dimensions evaluated are:

1. Class participation
2. Mastery of course content
3. Quality of documentation (papers, tests, and oral presentations
4. Overall course performance (a summative category)

One of the following evaluative descriptors will be assigned in each of the four dimensions assessed:

• Outstanding
• Excellent
• Very Good
• Good
• Satisfactory with concerns
• Unsatisfactory

In assigning evaluative codes, faculty will be guided by the meanings attached to each rating in the chart of Evaluative Descriptors (PDF 161K).

Additional narrative comments will be provided to the student on or attached to the final paper or project presented for credit.

In order to receive credit for a course, you are required to verify that you have acquired proficiency in the specific learning objectives of the course. You must submit all required work to the instructor by the due date and the work must be of “satisfactory with concerns” quality or better in the category of Overall Course Performance.

The instructor then evaluates your work in accordance with the learning objectives stated in the course syllabus, and takes one of the following steps:

1. Awards credit for the course
2. Returns your documentation and asks for revisions to the submission (in this case an extension will be granted to you to complete the work)
3. Returns your documentation and awards No Credit

Should a situation arise where you encounter difficulty in negotiating the revision of coursework and/or you believe that you have an academic grievance, you may make an appeal through the student grievance process.

Unless your instructor specified an earlier date, submission of all required course work is due during the last week of the semester on the last class meeting day for each academic program. (Weekend and partial semester courses routinely have earlier deadlines.)

If you cannot complete the required work by the due date, an instructor may authorize an extension until the first day of classes of the new semester. Extensions are granted at the discretion of the instructor - they are not an automatic right. You must fill out and give your instructor a Request for Extension of Verification Deadline Form (PDF 14K) (also known as a first extension or “green sheet”) before the due date of the required course work. If the extension is approved, the instructor will evaluate your work, complete an assessment, and turn it in. If the extension is denied, documentation must be submitted to the instructor by the last day of class or you will receive no credit.

Faculty have been instructed to automatically award no credit to a student whose course work and documentation have not been received by the extension deadline. Individual faculty do not have the authority to award an extension beyond the current limitations.

Academic Work Covered By the Extension Policy

The extension deadlines apply to all courses, internships, practica, and independent studies registered for. Deadlines for master's projects and doctoral dissertations will continue to be governed by the institution's policies on the time limits for completing degree requirements.

Master's students must complete all degree requirements, including master's projects, by their third prospective graduation or be subject to disenrollment. Doctoral students have a time limit of seven years from time of entry to complete all degree requirements, including dissertations.

Internships and practica are evaluated on four dimensions:

1. Integration of theory & practice
2. Professional-interpersonal skills
3. Quality of documentation (work products and self-evaluation)
4. Overall internship/practicum performance (a summative category)

In addition to the evaluation grid ratings, a narrative evaluation of student performance is done on an Internship/Practicum Verification Sheet (PDF 183K).

To receive credit for a practicum or internship, you must submit all required work and a Practicum/Internship Verification Sheet to the instructor by the due date. Your work must be of “satisfactory with concerns” quality or better in the overall Practicum Performance Quality category.

For doctoral level internship/practicum guidelines, see departmental handbook.

You will receive No Credit (NC) if:

1. You are unable to submit satisfactory verification by the deadline specified by the instructor
2. You do not submit the required work and fail to negotiate an extension and file the required extension forms by the appropriate deadlines
3. You do not verify any credited learning activity you register for by the extension date granted
4. You fail to resubmit work on rejected coursework
5. You do not attend a course/workshop, fail to complete an SIS, or fail to complete an internship/practicum registered for, and do not submit a request to drop/withdraw from the registered activity by the end of the semester

Assignments of no credit for failure to obtain a first or second extension, or for failure to turn in all required work to the instructor by the extension deadlines may only be reversed for the following reasons:

1. Because an error has been made in the recording of the grade
2. Because the instructor has mistakenly reported that the required work was not received by the deadline

Appeals must be based on grounds of recording or instructor reporting error, and must be filed within one year of the end of the semester in which the course was taken. No other grounds for appeal will be considered. After one year, the no-credit becomes permanent in the student record and may not be changed for any reason.

The school recognizes that in certain exceptional cases there are extenuating circumstances that make it impossible for a student to meet the first extension deadline. Therefore, it is possible for a student to seek an additional period of time if the first deadline cannot be met.

Steps for Obtaining a Second Extension

Such extenuating circumstances will be the exception and must be acceptable to the faculty member and the chairperson of the department in which the student is enrolled. To be granted a second extension, a student must obtain a Second Extension Form from the Registrar's Office, and first, have it signed by the instructor. If the instructor is based at the Keene campus, the student must then deliver the form to the academic department offering the course for the department chair's signature. If the instructor is not based on the Keene campus, provide him/her with a stamped envelope addressed to the department chair. If the chair approves the second extension, the student will be notified by receipt of the copy of the second extension.

Students who fail to obtain the permission of both the instructor and the department chair by filing a second extension form will automatically have a no credit (NC) assigned by the academic department offering the course.

Students who fail to submit required work to the instructor by the second extension deadline, will automatically have a no credit for the course recorded by the registrar.

Your progress will be formally reviewed after each year of your program. An Annual Review at the end of the first and second years of the program will involve assessing your progress and identifying any areas of difficulty. A Degree Candidacy Review at the end of the third year of the program will examine the results of the Doctoral Qualifying Examination and input from your advisor, faculty, and practicum supervisors. Students satisfactorily passing this review will be certified as Doctoral Candidates and may proceed with their Doctoral Dissertation Project and be eligible to pursue application for internship. Additional review of student progress will be held as needed.

1. Each term there is a review of each student's academic records by the student's advisor, under the direction of the Office of Student Affairs, to determine if satisfactory progress is being made.
2. A more comprehensive Annual Review of each student's academic, interpersonal, and professional performance and conduct take place following completion of the Spring semester.
3. A Special Review can be initiated at any time by the student or any faculty member, when circumstances warrant.

Should difficulties in your academic progress, in areas specified in the Department Handbook, be identified as a result of a department Special and/or Annual Review, one or more of the following might be required of you:

If the faculty have questions about your academic competence and progress, the matter will be discussed with you before any administrative action is taken.

You will be informed in writing of the results of your reviews. All students have the right to due process and can appeal decisions of interim or disenrollment to the chairperson of the Department of Clinical Psychology or, if necessary, the vice president for academic affairs (See Student Grievance Procedures). The decision to recommend disenrollment of a student for unsatisfactory academic progress can be made at any time during a student's program.

For further details regarding these guidelines, see the departmental handbook.

1. Satisfactory Progress

   To maintain satisfactory progress, students are expected to:
   1. Accumulate departmental credit hours, verified by credit reports, as follows:
      • End of year one: 30-32 credit hours
      • End of year two: 60-64 credit hours
      • End of year three: 90-96 credit hours
      • End of year four: 120-128 credit hours
      (with the exception of the student who takes a half-time internship in their fourth year; in which case the credit hours for year four are twenty-four).
   2. Complete the program within seven years, consistent with the Program's Statute of Limitations policy. (A student who has taken an approved leave or forced interim will have the maximum time frame for completion of the program extended for the length of the leave or interim period.)
   3. Be up-to-date on all program requirements including, but not limited to, completion of required courses and practica and the timely completion of Qualifying Examinations.
   4. Earn a rating of "Good" or better in the "Overall Course Performance" category for all courses except weekend workshops, in which "Satisfactory with Concerns" will constitute minimally satisfactory academic progress. The "Overall Course Performance" is the overall rating that a faculty member gives in their course evaluations. This is the rating that is used as the part of the probation policy.

2. Academic Warning

   1. Academic Warning is considered a pre-probationary warning and can be assigned out of any academic review process [advisor meeting, special review, annual review

3. Academic Probation

   1. Probationary status indicates substandard performance which, if the pattern persists, would result in disenrollment from the doctoral program. Formal designation of probationary status is intended to alert the student and faculty to the severity of the problem, and to mobilize appropriate efforts to resolve it.
   2. Any of the following situations automatically trigger probationary status:
      1. Failure to complete the minimum required credits for each year as specified above. A student who has dropped a required course is failing to complete the minimum credit hours.
      2. Receipt of more than one "Overall Course Performance" rating of "Satisfactory with Concerns" in a semester length course.
      3. Receipt of one "No Credit" or "Unsatisfactory" in an "Overall Course Performance" rating in any course.
   3. A student may also be placed on probation for any of a variety of other performance or conduct concerns, as an outcome of an Annual Review or Special Annual Review. Such concerns include but are not limited to issues surrounding interpersonal fitness, unprofessional behavior, ethical violations, lack of dissertation progress, a pattern of "Satisfactory with Concerns" or "Unsatisfactory" descriptors that are not in the "Overall Course Performance" area, problems on internship, etc. A student may be placed on probation even if the student passes the course or practicum in which the problematic incident occurred and credit was received.
   4. Probationary status ends by:
      1. Retaking the courses that were problematic and achieving a "Good" or better in the "Overall Course Performance" rating. A successful retake establishes the student's competence in the relevant domain, but it does not eradicate the earlier evaluation for purposes of cumulative review. In particular, the earlier evaluation will still be counted toward the total number of credits of S or U, which are among the triggers for special review.
      2. Attaining candidacy, which requires that all requirements up to the Fall of the fourth year be satisfactorily completed. In some circumstances candidacy may be granted if there is a viable plan for completing all outstanding elements of the program, with the exception of the dissertation, within the year prior to internship (e.g., completing a required workshop that was not done earlier). Students must obtain candidacy to apply for internships.

4. Disenrollment

   1. Students are automatically recommended for disenrollment to the Antioch University New England registrar for failure to perform satisfactorily at the graduate level and/or make satisfactory progress towards the degree for any of the following reasons:
      1. Failure to meet the requirements for removal from Academic Probation by the end of the sixth year in the program
      2. Receipt of an "Overall Course Performance" rating in two or more courses of "No Credit" or "Unsatisfactory", including a retake of the same course
      3. Accumulating a total of six (6) or more credits of U or a combination of eight (8) or more credits of "S" and "U" ratings in "Overall Course Performance"
      4. By two failures of EITHER the Comprehensive Section of the Qualifying Examination or the Intervention Section of the Qualifying Examination (students would not be automatically recommended for disenrollment until they had failed two administrations of the same QE section).
   2. A student may also be recommended for disenrollment for other serious reasons according to the judgment of any academic review [advisor meeting, special review, annual review]. They include but are not limited to issues surrounding interpersonal fitness, unprofessional behavior, ethical violations, lack of dissertation progress, a pattern of "Satisfactory with Concerns" or "Unsatisfactory" descriptors that are not in the overall area, problems on internship, etc. This may be done even if the student passes the course or practicum in which the problematic incident occurred and credit was received.
   3. Students will receive written or email notification of the recommendation for disenrollment from the Department of Clinical Psychology's director of student affairs within three weeks (counting only weeks when school is in session) after the determination of that status.
   4. The disenrollment policy applies whether or not a student is currently or was previously on probation.

For further details regarding these guidelines, see the departmental handbook.

A Diploma Order Form is forwarded to you along with instructions for graduating about three months before your expected graduation date. The Diploma Order Form confirms your name as it will appear on your diploma, the degree conferred, and the address to which the diploma will be sent. Return of the Diploma Order Form confirms your intention to graduate.

A student's enrollment may be terminated by Antioch University New England for any of the following reasons:

• Academic:

  • For failure to perform satisfactorily at the graduate level and/or make satisfactory progress towards the degree
  • For failure to register for more than one expected semester without an authorized leave of absence
  • For failure to graduate within the maximum time limit allowed

• Unprofessional Personal Conduct:

  • For failure to behave consistently with the codes of ethics of one's profession, rules and regulations of the graduate school, or behaviors which seriously interfere with the overall learning environment
  • For failure to uphold principles of academic honesty and integrity. (See Academic Dishonesty)

• Financial:

  • For failure to meet tuition and financial obligations to the graduate school

All disenrollments will be processed through the registrar. Disenrollment may be appealed by following the student grievance procedure.

Services that help students enroll at the graduate school are provided by four offices—Admissions, Financial Aid, the Registrar's Office, and the Student Accounts Office. These offices are staffed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, and may also receive requests during off hours through email. Visit Offices on the AUNE website for helpful information for students, including current tuition and fees, how to apply for financial aid, academic calendars, course descriptions, how to order transcripts, and more. You may download a PDF, listing in detail all the services and functions performed by each office in the Enrollment Services group.

All master's programs have a minimum number of expected semesters and a specified expected study sequence. Expected study sequences are described in detail on the academic departments' web pages

Students with special circumstances requiring them to alter the expected study sequence must complete an Application for Extended or Modified Program of Study and an accompanying program plan form, which lays out the proposed plan of study, semester by semester.

There are a variety of circumstances under which a student might apply for this status:

• Students unable to sustain the minimum number of credits specified by their department and need additional semesters beyond the minimum to complete degree requirements, for example.
• Students doing an internship or practicum at a location far enough away from AUNE that they cannot take other classes/credits can file a program plan showing, for example, one four-credit practicum semester, and an additional semester beyond the minimum number of semesters.
• Students returning to finish a degree or obtain a NH teacher certification endorsement may only need a reduced credit load for one or two terms to finish their requirements.
• Students with enough transfer or continuing education credits may also be able to modify their program possibly to shorten their program by one semester, or to take a reduced credit load in one or more terms of their required minimum number of semesters.

Please Note:

• Only students with transfer or continuing education credits taken not more than five years before matriculation are eligible to shorten their program take a reduced load.
• Only Students with approved modified programs of study (must be on file in the Registrar's Office) are eligible to enroll in fewer than stated minimum number of credits specified by their department.

Applications for extended or modified program status may be picked up in your academic department, the Registrar's Office, or in the forms section of the Student Handbook on the AUNE website. More information and instructions accompany the application.

Master's Programs

Antioch University New England officially confers degrees three times a year, in April, July, and November. The dates are listed in the academic calendar. Our programs are designed so that you will graduate on the official graduation date following your last semester. Therefore, you may not be registered for credit during the semester you are to graduate. You will receive a letter with instructions, deadlines for receipt of final papers, and a Diploma Order Form about three months prior to your scheduled graduation date.

While the Registrar's Office will notify you of anything missing from your file which is necessary for your graduation, you are ultimately responsible for getting the required materials and attending to the completion of your file by the deadlines specified in the academic calendar.

Be advised that deadlines are strictly adhered to—they provide us with adequate time for auditing and approving files.

If you cannot complete all degree requirements by the deadline and need an extension until the next scheduled degree conferral date, a Graduation Extension Fee will be assessed.

Maximum Time Limit for Completing Master's Degrees

All master's candidates except those doing a thesis, are required to graduate by the fourth official graduation date (one year from date of the first scheduled graduation). Failure to do so will result in disenrollment unless you have received an extension granted by the Registrar and approved by your academic department. A request for exception to this policy must be submitted in writing prior to your fourth expected graduation date.

Students in Environmental Studies enrolled in a master's thesis are allowed a total of ten semesters to complete all degree requirements, including thesis.

Doctoral Programs

Antioch University New England officially confers degrees three times a year, in April, July, and November. The dates are listed in the academic calendar. Our programs are designed so that you will graduate on the official graduation date following your last semester of dissertation and/or internship. You will receive a letter with instructions, deadlines for passing draft review and taking your orals, and a Diploma Order Form about three months prior to your scheduled graduation date.

While the Registrar's Office will notify you of anything missing from your file which is necessary for your graduation, you are ultimately responsible for getting the required materials and attending to the completion of your file by the deadlines specified in the academic calendar.

Be advised that deadlines are strictly adhered to—they provide us with adequate time for processing files.

Degrees are considered earned when all doctoral level credits have been earned, verification sheets and/or waivers for all required courses and internships and the dissertation cover sheet (signed by dissertation committee members) are all on file in the Registrar's Office. The Registrar cannot confirm your degree has been earned until all necessary documentation is on file.

Maximum Time Limit for Completing the Doctoral Degree

Doctoral students are expected to complete all degree requirements, including the dissertation, within seven years of entering the program. Those who have not graduated after seven years, will be disenrolled without right of appeal.

The Instructor/Course Evaluation forms:

1. Help the instructor evaluate his/her teaching effectiveness via student feedback
2. Aid department administrators in evaluation and planning
3. Help students make course decisions
4. Act as a check and balance on the credibility and integrity of the institution

Before the last class meeting instructors will distribute these forms to the students to fill out (this usually takes about fifteen minutes), and then collect them to return to the Registrar's Office. Recent semester evaluations are kept in the library for community viewing. Evaluations are kept in the library for community viewing for three years.

If you are a student in good standing and cannot study during a specific period of time due to unusual personal, professional, or academic circumstances, you may be granted an Interim Status for one semester off, or a Leave of Absence, for up to three semesters (one year). To go on interim or leave of absence, you must fill out a Change of Status Form (COS), and return it to the Registrar's Office by the registration deadline for the semester with appropriate payment.

Students granted interim or leave of absence are charged (see Master's or Doctoral Level Fees), and the fee is due on the tuition deadline for the semester. A maximum of two interims or leaves of absence may be granted during your program. Students who fail to register as scheduled after two interims or leaves, will be disenrolled (dismissed) from the graduate school.

Students who fail either to register and pay tuition or request interim status by the continuing student registration deadline will automatically be placed on interim, and will be charged the normal interim fee. The semester will be counted as one of the two you are allowed during the course of your program. If you then fail to either register or request a second interim or a leave of absence, you will be subject to disenrollment.

Please note: students on interim or leave of absence may not attend classes, start or continue with internships/practica, or receive academic credit while on interim.

Students who request an interim or leave of absence after registering will be charged the appropriate fee, in addition to the semester's tuition according to the following schedule:

Fall/Spring

Summer

If a student withdraws at the end of an interim or leave, all fees, including tuition, are non-refundable.

Students receiving Federal loan funds such as Perkins or Stafford Loans should see Return of Federal Funds Policy.

Additional Interim And Leave Of Absence Policies for Doctoral Students (PsyD and PhD)
Doctoral students are required to complete a minimum of four years of full time study and pay four full year's tuition. If you are a first through fourth year student in good standing and cannot study full time due to unusual personal, professional or academic difficulties, your department may require, or you may request one of the following options:

1. Take a full year's Leave of Absence. On leave of absence students are not registered for any courses, workshops, independent studies, or practica/internships. To go on leave, complete a Change of Status form, (available in the Registrar's Office), filling in the appropriate section and signing the bottom, and submitting the department approved form to the Registrar by the registration deadline for the semester. Students granted a leave of absence are charged (See Doctoral Level Fees) and the fee is due on the tuition deadline for the semester. A student is limited to a maximum of two leaves of absence. If you fail to register after your second leave of absence, you will be disenrolled from Antioch University New England.
2. Take off one semester by going on Interim Status. Because the curriculum is built around a required sequence of two-semester courses, this option is not recommended for the Fall or Spring semesters or for the summer after the first year of study. Students may take the summers between years two and three or three and four without difficulty, however, as the courses may be made up the following summer. To go on interim, complete a Change of Status form, (available in the Registrar's Office),filling in the appropriate section and signing the bottom, and submitting the department approved form to the Registrar by the registration deadline for the semester with appropriate payment (See Doctoral Level Fees). You are limited to a maximum of two interims or one interim and one leave of absence. If you fail to register after your second interim, you will be disenrolled from Antioch University New England.
3. (Clinical Psychology students Only) Register for workshops only as a Matriculated Student with Less than half-time status. This option allows students to maintain academic contact with the institution during a leave of absence of two or three semesters. Students will pay the regular Leave of Absence fee (See Doctoral Level Fees). In addition to the per credit charge for each workshop. If you register for, and then officially drop a workshop, the tuition paid will be credited to your student account.
   Please be aware that being a less than half-time student does not qualify you for either new guaranteed student loans or deferment of payment of previous loans.
4. (Clinical Psychology students Only) Request a Reduced Course Load for one year. In unusual circumstances, a student may be required by the Program, or request of the chairperson of the Department of Clinical Psychology or his designee to take a reduced load of four to six credits per semester for a year. The decision on requests for reduced course load rests with the department. The tuition charge will be based on a per credit fee. Students should be aware that this status will be allowed only in rare circumstances, and the year cannot usually be counted towards the four years of full-time study requirement.
5. Emergency Medical Leave for Dissertation Students Doctoral level students who have completed all required coursework and are working on dissertations are expected to register for dissertation advising each semester after completion of course work, and are not allowed to take semesters off through the interim or leave of absence procedure. The only exception to this policy is when a severe medical condition incapacitates a student from performing the research and writing necessary for work on the dissertation.
   
   In order to be eligible for medical interim, the student must submit a letter from his or her physician certifying the incapacity for academic work, along with a Change of Status form. Emergency medical leaves will be granted for only one semester at a time. If at the end of one semester the student is still unable to study, a new Change of Status form and accompanying new medical certification of incapacity must be filed. No more than three (3) semesters of medical leave will be granted.

Master's Degree Programs

You are required to earn a specific portion of your degree credits through demonstration of learning derived from a supervised internship or practicum related to your degree program. (see Degree Requirements). You can satisfy this requirement in one of two ways: through placement in a suitable internship position or, in certain cases, through the use of your current employment. In the latter case, you must demonstrate to your faculty advisor that professional supervision will be available and that there will be an opportunity for substantial new learning for you in your field. Students in the Foundations of Education program, who are experienced, practicing teachers, will use their workplace as a practicum site.

The following general principles serve as a guide to Antioch University New England's internship or practicum component in all degree programs:

1. A minimum of two semesters of internship or practicum is required of every student.
2. A written contract, agreeing to the work (goals) to be completed in the internship or practicum, must be signed by you and a faculty member who will act as your internship/practicum advisor.
3. Your learning objectives must be spelled out clearly at the outset of the internship or practicum, and be filed with the department.
4. The process by which the Antioch faculty member will assess your achievement for your learning objectives must be spelled out in writing.
5. The Antioch departmental representative may make one or more on-site visits per year, with the exception of the Department of Organization & Management. These visits are documented in writing and kept in the department records.
6. The department is responsible for providing regular opportunities for you to meet with other students, under the supervision of a departmental faculty member, to examine your experiences and learning derived from the internship or practicum.
7. The internship or practicum experience must be concurrent with the above opportunity to examine it.
8. A written assessment by your internship or practicum site supervisor of your learning must accompany a verification sheet for each semester of internship or practicum.
9. Departments may make use of self and on-site supervisor evaluations of the student's learning in the internship or practicum.

The department is responsible for the distribution and collection of these materials. If the department wishes these to be included in your file, the department will attach them to the final verification sheet submitted to the Registrar.

Within the above framework, each program and department has designed its internship or practicum so as to achieve most effectively the desired learning from that department's program. You need to be clear on the internship or practicum procedures, design, and requirements of your department.

Policies and procedures for the practicum in the Foundations of Education program may vary somewhat.

Doctoral Programs

For doctoral level internship/practicum guidelines, see departmental handbook detailing these guidelines.

Degree Candidacy Review provides Antioch University New England with an important mid-program evaluation of your work. The purpose of the Degree Review is to determine if you have demonstrated the ability to satisfactorily complete the program.

During your third semester of study your work will be reviewed by the Degree Review Committee, consisting of the department chairperson (or designated program faculty), the vice president for academic affairs and the registrar. You are not required to be present.

At the time of the review, you must have completed a minimum of twelve credits of faculty approved coursework, including at least one semester of internship or practicum. There should be a clear indication that you are making progress toward your degree. You cannot be passed to candidacy status unless these requirements have been met.

Please Note: If you do not meet the minimum credit requirements you may jeopardize your financial aid. (See Satisfactory Progress for more information).

Upon successful review, the Committee will advance you to candidacy status. You must be passed to candidacy status in order to graduate.

If you are not passed to candidacy status due to insufficient course verification on file, a late start in your internship or practicum work, or inadequate performance in your work, the Committee may require one or more of the following:

1. A probation period of closely supervised work followed by a second review
2. Extensive consultation and professional program review with your advisor
3. Interim status with a deadline for catching up on unverified course work before being permitted to register for classes the next semester
4. Disenrollment from Antioch University New England

You will be informed of the results of your Degree Candidacy Review. All students have the right of due process, and can appeal recommendations for interim or disenrollment to the Degree Candidacy Review Committee or the president. The decision to disenroll a student for unsatisfactory progress can be made at any time during a student's program.

In addition to Degree Candidacy Review, individual academic departments have policies and procedures for monitoring student progress and academic standards.

The Department of Education at Antioch University New England (AUNE) offers cohort model, site-based Experienced Educator programs, where required courses are held at off-campus sites in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine during the fall and spring semesters, and at the AUNE campus in Keene during the summer term. Once an off-campus Experienced Educator site is launched, Antioch University New England will continue to offer its fall and spring curriculum at those sites, until the last scheduled semester of study for that cohort. Students unable to complete their degrees while the site is in operation, due to extenuating circumstances such as serious illness or family emergency, will be offered the opportunity to complete the program at another site, at the Keene campus, or through a combination of independent and/or online study.

If you have withdrawn from Antioch University New England, and wish to reenter the same degree and program within five years of withdrawing, you must:

1. Submit an application for readmission (available at the Registrar's Office) to the registrar
   and
2. be interviewed and accepted by the program director
   and
3. pay prior balance, if any

If approved for reentry, you will be assessed a readmission fee, payable at the time your tuition is due.

If you wish to reenter five years or more after withdrawing, or wish to enter a different degree program you must submit a new Application for Admission. Please see a member of the Admissions Office for details. Applicants for readmission will be subject to a readmission fee (see Fees).

Students must satisfy the degree/curriculum requirements in existence at the time of their re-entry.

In order for an audited course to appear on your transcript, you have to meet all course requirements except for the submission of documentation which is required for credit. Therefore, you have to register as an auditing student and attend all class sessions. You will be charged the appropriate Audit Per Credit Fee.

Students who register for credit have priority for admission to classes over students who register for audits.

Students may change from credit to audit until the end of the add/drop period only if there is or was no waiting list for the course. The standard add/drop deadlines specified in the Academic Calendar apply for consideration of a tuition refund associated with this change. Students changing from Audit to Credit will incur additional tuition charges based on this change.

Class Lists

If your name does not appear on a class list, you will not receive credit for that course. To have your name added to a class list after registration, you must officially add the course by accessing web registration. If the course you wish is full, you may add your name to the waiting list.

Any changes to your schedule, must be done by you online on myAntioch, as your transcript is derived from your registration from each semester. Please note that failure to meet requirements for dropping a course will mean that this course will stay on your record as a withdrawal or no credit.

Please Note: Requests for substantive changes to a student's transcript, i.e., those involving the inclusion or exclusion of courses, including assignment of no credits and withdrawals after drop deadline, must be made within one calendar year from the end of the semester in which the course appears. After one year, no requests for changes will be considered.

Credits earned at Antioch University New England within five years prior to matriculation will automatically be applied to a student's master's degree program as electives or course/competency area requirements as appropriate, except in the case of non-BA applicants. Exceptions to the five-year rule may be made by the Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee. A maximum of three credits is accepted into degree programs of 32 credits or less; a maximum of six credits is accepted into degree programs of more than 32 credits.

Courses taken more than five years before matriculation are not eligible for inclusion in the degree program.

Continuing Education courses considered as part of a non-BA applicant's admissions portfolio cannot be counted toward fulfillment of degree requirements.

Students registered for full- or half-time internships and/or for dissertation will be considered full-time students for new loan and loan deferment purposes. You must register for dissertation until and including the semester your orals are held. If you deposit your dissertation prior to the end of the drop/add period of the new semester, your dissertation advising fee will be refunded for the new semester. However, if you are a financial aid recipient for that semester, the amount will be returned to your lending institution.

Students must register and pay the Internship Advising Fee for each term they are engaged in a doctoral internship.

Please Note: Failure to register for and pay the fee for dissertation advising by the first day of classes will result in disenrollment from AUNE.

How to Add a Course

Students may add a course through web registration on myAntioch. Full instructions are available in the AUNE Guide to Web Registration.

When to Add a Course

How to Drop a Course

Courses, workshops, internships, practica, and independent studies may all be dropped through web registration on myAntioch. Full instructions are available in the AUNE Guide to Web Registration.

When to Drop a Course

Courses dropped after the official deadlines up through the last day of classes will be considered Withdrawal After Drop Deadline (WD), and will remain on your academic record.

WD's appear on your working transcript, but do not appear on the final official transcript. A course may not be dropped, either officially or unofficially, after the last day of the semester.

Failure to email a request to the Registrar's Office for a Withdrawal After the Drop Deadline by the end of a semester for a course or workshop you did not attend will result in your getting No Credit (NC) for which you are financially liable.

Students needing to take a year or semester off from study can request an interim status or leave of absence.

Students (except those on dissertation) who fail either to register or pay tuition by the first day of classes will automatically be placed on interim. If this happens you will be charged the normal interim fee, and the semester will be counted as one of the two you are allowed during the course of your program.

Students who go on interim after the first day of classes will be charged an interim fee, plus a portion of the semester's tuition (see Interim & Leave of Absence Policy.)

Master's candidates doing Master's Projects, and doctoral students in the dissertation phase of their programs who have not yet completed and had their dissertations approved by the faculty must be registered for dissertation/master's project advising by the first day of classes of each semester. Dissertation students who fail to register will be subject to disenrollment.

Master's degree candidates whose programs require them to do a Master's Thesis or Project, or those who elect to do so, are expected to register for Master's Thesis/Project credit by their last expected semester in the program:

• All Environmental Studies Programs by the fifth semester;
• Waldorf Program by the fifth semester;
• Elementary Teacher Certification non-certification students by the fourth semester;
• Experienced Educators Program by the sixth semester.

If the project or thesis has not been completed by the end of their last expected semester, students must register for Master's Project or Thesis Continuation for each successive semester until the project has been completed and credited.

Students registering for Master's Project or Thesis Continuation will be considered half-time students for loan deferment purposes.

Students who are required to or elect to do a thesis or master's project are not eligible to take an interim or leave of absence after their last expected semester of classes in the program.

Thesis & Master's Project Continuation Charges

Students who matriculated prior to Summer 2007 will be charged a Graduation Extension Fee if their project is not credited in time for the next scheduled graduation (degree conferral) date, and for each successive graduation date missed.

Students who matriculate in Summer 2007 and after will be charged a Master's Project/Thesis Continuation Fee for each semester following their last expected semester. If the project is credited by the end of the drop/add period of the new semester, the fee for that semester will be refunded. However, for financial aid recipients for that term, the amount will be returned to the lending institution.

When

Continuing degree and certificate students register on the web during the last month of each semester for the following semester (e.g., students register for the Fall during the Summer). Check the academic calendar for specific dates and deadlines. Course Selection Instructions, Course Listings, and Course Descriptions are available on the Registrar's Office web site at least two weeks before online registration opens.

Students are expected to be enrolled full-time, following the course curriculum outline for their program. Once the registration has been submitted in myAntioch, the student should proceed to the "Pay On My Account" section and make the necessary payment. If a student is a financial aid recipient, payment should be made for any balance not covered by the NET aid award. The Student Accounts Office is available for assistance on this.

If payment of an outstanding balance is not completed by the Registration Deadline as noted in the Academic Calendar, the student will be administratively withdrawn from the semester. Seats in all classes will be forfeited. At that time, the student will be placed on financial hold and will need to contact the Student Accounts Office to make payment arrangements, including payment of Late Fees. Once payment arrangements are completed, access to registration will be provided and the student will re-submit their registration. There is no guarantee that seats for all courses will be available for re-submitted registrations.

Students who do not register or submit a Change of Status Form by the registration deadline will automatically be placed on interim status and charged accordingly. Continuing students will be allowed to register late through the end of the drop/add period, and will be charged a late registration fee (and late payment fee if applicable).

New Students register on the web and pay during the month before their first semester begins and attend an in-person orientation prior to the beginning of classes (See Academic Calendar).

Information will be sent to incoming students on accessing course selection instructions, course listings, and the AUNE Web Registration Guide.

How

Instructions for accessing and completing online registrations can be found on the Registrar's Office web pages at http://www.antiochne.edu/registrar/registration.cfm

Registering for courses obligates the student for payment of applicable tuition, fees, and other charges on a student's account. Current students must have a zero balance. Failure to attend courses does not constitute withdrawal from Antioch or exemption from tuition payment.

The student is considered to be enrolled for the semester as of the first day of the semester (as defined in the academic calendar.) This date is separate from the first class meeting.

Please Note: If you are not officially registered and on class lists, you may not attend classes or continue with internships or practica. No academic credit may be earned in a semester in which a student is not officially registered or on interim or leave of absence.

Be sure to register online for all courses for both credit and non-credit, and internship or practicum. Students must notify the Registrar's Office about audit requests since MyAntioch has no option for "Audits."

You will be registered for a Supervised Independent Study (SIS) if the Registrar's Office receives your faculty approved contract by the required deadlines (see section on SIS.)

Please Note: Classes with fewer than ten students will be subject to cancellation at the discretion of department chairpersons. Students affected will be notified.

According to the Education Amendments of 1976, a student shall be entitled to receive Federal Student Assistance benefits only if “that student is maintaining satisfactory progress in the course of study she/he is pursuing, according to the standards and practices of the institution.”

Antioch University New England uses the following guidelines for determining satisfactory progress: Students in all master's programs will be reviewed by the registrar after their second term of study. The review usually takes place in the middle of the third semester, allowing time for verification sheets to be received from instructors. At this time all students, except those in extended programs studying half time, must have a minimum of twelve credits verified. Extended master's students must have a minimum of seven credits verified. Repayment of Stafford Loans is based on the date of less-than-half-time status, not the graduation date.

Students whose programs extend beyond five terms will be reviewed in each successive third term. After their fifth term of study, students must have a minimum of twenty-four credits verified. Extended students must have fourteen credits verified.

Doctoral students will be reviewed in each of their four years, after two full terms of study (usually the Spring semester). The minimum number of credits required after completion of the second semester of each year of study for those students doing practicum is the same as for Master's level students, i.e., 12 credits. Doctoral students doing internships are required to have a minimum of 10 credits verified. Subsequent to a student's first year, at least 80% of the previous year's work also must have been completed by the time of the review.

A student who does not meet minimum credit standards will be considered ineligible to receive any federal financial aid. In the case of a student who has already been awarded aid, the Registrar will notify the Financial Aid Office immediately after determining any student is not maintaining satisfactory academic progress (SAP). The Financial Aid Office will then immediately contact the student in writing. The student is required to make acceptable arrangements with the Financial Aid Office within five days. Acceptable arrangements constitute the student's written explanation for having not maintained SAP and then outlining a plan of action to achieve it. Minimum credit requirements must be fulfilled before a student is considered to have achieved SAP. An agreed upon timeline will be made.

Federal Work Study

If the student does not respond or make acceptable arrangements within five working days, the student is terminated from the work-study position and the award rescinded. If SAP is not achieved by the deadline, the student will be terminated from the work-study position and the award rescinded.

Federal Perkins Loan

If the student does not respond or make acceptable arrangements within five working days, the loan for the semester during which the review took place and for all subsequent semesters will be rescinded.

Other Federal Student Loans

When a student loan disbursement arrives at Antioch University New England, the student's academic progress is checked. For funds to be released (applied to your student account or issued as a refund), a student must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Interim Status and Finacial Aid

A student who goes on interim or leave of absence, either by choice, or as required by an academic department or the Degree Review Committee, will not receive financial aid during the interim. If the loan is disbursed before a student goes on interim, the student is responsible for refunding that money to the lending institution. Note: If a student is not enrolled for a period of six months, for any reason, including being on Interim, repayment on Stafford Loans will begin.

Date of Suspension of Financial Aid

The effective date of suspension of financial aid shall be determined as follows:

1. If the student has not met the minimum credit requirement by the end of the semester in which the review takes place, awards for upcoming semesters will be suspended.
2. If the review takes place between semesters, and the student does not meet minimum credit requirements, financial aid already awarded but not yet disbursed for the coming semester(s) will be suspended.

Reapplying for Financial Aid After Suspension

Minimum credit requirements (as evidenced by complete credits in your file in the Registrar's Office) must be fulfilled before a student may reapply for financial aid. Under no circumstances will financial aid money be held in reserve for students who have had an award suspended.

If a student is able to re-establish satisfactory progress before the end of a semester of suspension, aid may be awarded retroactively for that semester, subject to the availability of funds. If, however, a student does not meet minimum credit requirements by the end of the semester, the financial aid award is forfeited, and subsequent awards will not be adjusted to reflect the loss of aid.

Repayment of Student Loans

Federal loans enter a grace period (or repayment) as soon as a student ceases to be registered at least half time. Because there is almost always a gap between the end of the last term registered and the degree conferral date, students should be aware that the lender must use the last date a student is actually registered.

Once you have registered and your admission file is complete, your academic records are permanently kept on file in the Registrar's Office. Each student file contains the following:

1. Application, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, (Recommendation letters are used for admission purposes only and are not part of the permanent student file)
2. All internship/practicum verification sheets (V-sheets) with faculty evaluations of your learning
3. SIS contracts
4. Results of academic reviews
5. Waivers of course requirements
6. Any additional information or materials the student, department, or administrative offices consider appropriate to have in the file

A complete academic transcript of all courses for which a student is registered is recorded in a computerized database in the Registrar's Office. For information about requesting a transcript, please visit http://www.antiochne.edu/registrar/transcripts.cfm.

As an Antioch student you have full and complete access to your own records and may review them by contacting the registrar. Under no circumstances, however, may you remove or alter any of the contents. Antioch faculty, and administrators, as well as members of official accrediting agencies, also have access to all academic records so that they may effectively fulfill their responsibilities to students and the institution. You may obtain copies of anything in your file except transcripts from other universities. Copies of transcripts from other schools must be obtained directly from that school.

Students may view their Antioch University New England cumulative academic credit history at any time via myAntioch.

Student records are released only in accordance with the regulations of the Family Education Right Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. With the exception of directory information, requests from accrediting agencies, federal loan guarrantee agencies and others specified in the law, your written permission is required to release any part of your record.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:

• The right to inspect and review the student's education records within forty-five days of the day the University receives a request for access.
• The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the student believes are factually inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights under FERPA.
• The right to provide written consent before the University discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except to university officials needing access to perform their jobs, and others specified in the law;
• The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-5901

For a full statement of the policies and procedures concerning FERPA, please contact the Registrar's Office.

See Also Transcript Policy.

Antioch University New England students have the right to prompt and impartial consideration of complaints related to their life as students. Such items of concern may include financial issues, dissatisfaction over services, policy interpretation and application, quality of the academic program, and other issues, as well as questions of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or handicap.

First, you are directed to pursue grievances in a timely manner (within two weeks after the occurrence of the event that gave rise to the grievance) with the personnel with whom you have a complaint. Then, if the problem cannot be resolved, you should direct the grievance to the appropriate department head (e.g., director of financial aid, director of admissions, registrar, director of student accounts, academic department chairperson, etc.) within two weeks of the response to your original complaint. In the event that the problem cannot be resolved at that level, you have the right of appeal within two weeks to the appropriate divisional vice president in charge or his or her designee.

Upon receipt of the written appeal, the vice vresident, or his designee of the department involved shall review the specifics of the appeal with you and the personnel involved (See Organizational Chart). The decision of the vice president will be final.

In the event of an academic appeal you should first discuss with the faculty member his or her concerns and ways you might address them. Should you encounter difficulty negotiating with the faculty member, you should then direct your grievance to the appropriate departmental chairperson. If resolution cannot be achieved at that level, you may appeal the grievance to the vice president for academic affairs, whose decision is final.

Please Note: Some academic departments have greater specificity around what constitutes a legitimate academic appeal; these departmental policies may be found in departmental handbooks.

Pursuit of the grievance procedure in discriminatory complaints or other student life related issues will not be construed as the waiver of any of your rights which would be provided under the jurisdiction of outside agencies including courts of law.

Antioch University New England fully supports the use of Supervised Independent Study (SIS) as a valuable means of acquiring knowledge to be applied toward your graduate degree. A special contract form, available on the Antioch University New England website, under Student Handbook, must be approved by your advisor before the SIS is undertaken.

When approved by your advisor, the contract must be filed with the Registrar's Office by the deadline specified on the contract form for the credits to be added to your schedule. Please be aware that until the contract is filed with the Registrar's Office, the SIS will appear on your schedule as 0 (zero) credits, which could affect your eligibility to receive student loan funds and deferment of previous student loans. Please contact the Student Accounts or Registrar's Offices for further information.

If you decide not to complete an SIS for which you've submitted a contract, you must email the Registrar's Office to drop or withdraw, or receive a no credit for the registered SIS.

Appropriate Subjects for an SIS

The subject of an SIS must be consistent with the learning goals of your degree program. It can be oriented either toward a particular skill that you wish to develop further (e.g., computer programming, staff development, or program planning) or a particular substantive area you wish to learn more about (e.g., higher education financing, day-care law, trends in correctional philosophy, etc.).

As a rule, no SIS will be approved if a course on the subject is offered during the student's enrollment at Antioch. The SIS is intended to provide the opportunity to do graduate-level work on a subject not otherwise available at AUNE. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by your department chairperson.

Using a job, internship, or practicum as an SIS

The subject of your SIS can be directly related to a task that you are carrying out as part of your job or internship. In many cases this provides you with the richest learning experience. However, to credit this as an SIS, you must extend your work and learning beyond what you would have done for the job alone. If you are also doing a practicum or internship based upon your job, the work and learning goals in the SIS must be in addition to those articulated in your practicum/internship contract.

Contents of the SIS Contract

The Supervised Independent Study Contract must address the following:

1. The title of the independent study, which will appear on your transcript
2. The specific learning goals for this project
3. The relevance of the proposed study to your professional interests
4. The resources do you plan to use - e.g. readings, interviews, site visits, field research, etc. Many projects lend themselves to the use of multiple resources, and you should consider visiting agencies that do related work and interviewing people who have had experience with the subject under study. The use of such resources will have the additional benefit of giving you experience doing research of a type different than that carried out through readings.
5. The name of your tutor for this project. If the person is not currently an Antioch faculty member, a resume must be submitted with your contract and the choice approved by your advisor.
6. The role the tutor will play in supervising the study
7. Whether the SIS will fulfill a course or competency area requirement or serve as an elective
8. The number of credits the study will earn will be awarded based on the following standard formula: one semester hour credit represents, over a fifteen-week period, one hour in class and two hours of preparation each week. The computation works out to 48 hours per credit. PLEASE NOTE: Individual academic departments may place limits on how many credits may be earned from a single SIS.

Deadlines for Submission of Contract

In order to receive credit for an SIS you must be registered for the semester.

Once you are registered for a semester, you may add the independent study(ies) to your schedule by submitting faculty-approved SIS contracts to the Registrar's Office by mid-semester (see Academic Calendar for specific dates.) Master's students will be charged the appropriate per-credit rate for addition of the SIS and payment will need to be provided.

SIS contracts received after the deadlines will be returned to you—and registration will be required in a subsequent semester if you wish to receive credit.

Antioch has received program approval from the New Hampshire State Board of Education to endorse students for Teacher Certification and School Administration (Principal). If you desire certification, you must be officially enrolled in a program that leads to certification (see degree requirements section). Please contact the AUNE Certification Officer for details.

General Education Requirements for Certification Programs

In addition to satisfying the Antioch University New England degree requirements outlined previously, matriculated students seeking an institutional recommendation for first certification in one (or more) of the following programs—elementary, early childhood, special, biology, and general science education—must also satisfactorily demonstrate general education competencies in the liberal arts. This includes the broad areas of the humanities, mathematics, the biological and physical sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences. Specifically, competence in the area of general education has been defined by the State of New Hampshire as having the ability to:

• Understand and apply language skills in oral and written communication
• Appreciate and use literature to understand the human condition
• Appreciate the aesthetic values expressed throughout the arts
• Understand and apply scientific and mathematical concepts
• Understand and appreciate divergent cultural, social, geographic, political and economic conditions and their impact on past and current issues in the nation and the world
• Understand and appreciate the growth and development of our nation's role in world affairs
• Understand the ethics principles of values that are the underpinning of our democratic society and demonstrate knowledge of American history and government
• Understand and apply information retrieval skills including those related to technology

Students may meet these general education requirements in a variety of ways:

1. Credited undergraduate and/or graduate work. It is expected that a student's undergraduate and/or previous graduate preparation will have covered most, if not all, of the above areas, and successful completion of relevant coursework as evidenced by the official transcript will suffice as demonstration. In certain circumstances, students may be required to submit copies of course descriptions as an accompanying step to the transcript analysis process.
2. Prior learning derived from life experience. In cases where a competency cannot be demonstrated through specific coursework completed elsewhere, a student may choose to document and demonstrate a specific competency through a variety of alternative methods that include, but are not limited to topical essays, case presentations, etc. This approach is particularly recommended for students who have derived significant learning from life experience. Consultative help on putting a presentation together for evaluation is available from department chairpersons and/or the president. Evaluation of submitted materials will be done by an Antioch University New England faculty member or an outside expert, chosen by Antioch University New England, who has expertise in the academic/subject area(s) in which competency is being assessed.
3. CLEP examinations
4. Approved coursework taken at Antioch University New England or another accredited college or university. A list of regularly offered Antioch University New England courses which meet the general education competencies above, is available from the Department Chairperson or the President.

The initial general education assessment shall be completed no later than the end of student's first semester, and wherever possible, prior to matriculation.

The State of New Hampshire participates in a reciprocal agreement, the NASDTEC Interstate Certification Contract which facilitates the movement of educators among the states and other jurisdictions that have signed the contract.

As of January 2005, the states listed below have signed the NASDTEC Interstate Certification, 2005-2010 with New Hampshire:

Alabama	Kansas	Ohio
Arizona	Kentucky	Oklahoma
Arkansas	Louisiana	Oregon
California	Maine	Pennsylvania
Colorado	Maryland	Rhode Island
Connecticut	Massachusetts	South Carolina
Delaware	Michigan	Tennessee
District of Columbia	Mississippi	Texas
Florida	Montana	Utah
Georgia	Nevada	Vermont
Hawaii	New Jersey	Virginia
Idaho	New Mexico	Washington
Illinois	New York	West Virginia
Indiana	North Carolina	Wyoming

Important

Students should know that individual states may withdraw from the contract upon one year's written notice to each member and to NASDTEC. The safest course for anyone seeking certification in the future is to keep in touch with the Department of Education in the appropriate state.

Certification applicants should also be aware that other states, even those listed with whom New Hampshire has reciprocity, may require a different competency test than New Hampshire requires before certification will be issued, or impose additional requirements which must be met within a reasonable period of time. Students should check with the Department of Education in the state they will be teaching in to be sure.

Prior to graduation you will be mailed a teacher certification application form. A check for $130 payable to the State of New Hampshire must accompany the notarized application and be returned to the Registrar's Office at Antioch University New England. Your application will be endorsed and forwarded to the New Hampshire State Department of Education. Your certification will be mailed directly to you by the State, approximately six weeks after they receive your endorsed application.

Dual Certification

It is possible to earn certification in more than one field, e.g., biology and elementary education. Dual certification may be complex to achieve, and can require additional coursework and internship, possibly increasing your tuition and length of your program.

Students interested in dual certification should begin by talking with the chairperson or program director of the second field in which you wish to apply for certification. A Change of Status form, with the approval of the program director of the second certification program, must be completed and returned to the Registrar's Office. Students are eligible for certification recommendations only if officially enrolled in a program leading to New Hampshire certification. Please contact the AUNE certification officer for details.

The Registrar's Office keeps a transcript of all courses, internship or practicum, and SISs registered for, as well as withdrawals after drop deadline and No Credits incurred. Students may view their own academic credit histories (aka “working transcript” or “credit report”) at any time through myAntioch.

Official transcripts are issued with the seal of the University, and list only those courses and internships where credit has been awarded, and for internship and practica, a V-sheet is on file in the Registrar's Office. Licensing agencies, school certification offices and other universities almost always require official transcripts.

All transcripts are issued by the Registrar at Antioch University New England. Official transcripts must be requested in writing, and cost $3.00 each for current students, and $5.00 each for graduates and withdrawn students. A check for the proper amount, made out to Antioch University New England, must be presented at the time of the request. Unofficial transcripts (similar to the credit report or working transcript, viewable on my.antioch.edu) list all courses In Progress (IP), as well as Withdrawal After Drop Deadline (WD) and No Credits (NC). Unofficial transcripts (available to current students only) must be requested in writing. Please visit the Registrar's Office webpage for further information on ordering transcripts.

Please Note: Requests for substantive changes to a student's transcript, i.e., those involving the inclusion or exclusion of courses, including assignment of no credits and unofficial drops, must be made within one calendar year from the end of the semester in which the course appears. After one year, no requests for changes will be considered.

Student Accounts Office Note: To receive a transcript, your student account must be in good standing. For graduates, this means that your account is paid in full. Current students must have a zero balance, an approved payment plan in good standing through Tuition Management Systems, or a balance that is covered by approved Financial Aid.

In the unlikely event that Antioch University New England should cease operations, pursuant to New Hampshire Revised Statutes RSA 292:8 kk, student records (transcripts) will be transferred, after the closing, by the Registrar to the New Hampshire Post-secondary Education Commission for permanent storage and access for all graduates and withdrawn students. Procedures for obtaining transcripts from any closed NH college or university are detailed at the NH Postsecondary Commission's website.

To earn a degree or certificate, all students must meet the exact degree requirements specified for their degree and concentration. (see Degree Requirements).

In order to be exempted from a course or competency area requirement, students must have academic department-approved written waivers on file in the Registrar's Office. Waiver forms can be obtained from each academic department.

If you are requesting a waiver based on coursework taken at another college or university, it may be necessary to provide the evaluator with course descriptions or syllabi documenting the course content. Please contact your advisor for further information on your department's procedures.

To withdraw from Antioch University New England, students must notify the Registrar's Office in writing, via a Change of Status Form, signed letter, or Antioch email directed to Registrar Office. (To protect your privacy and ensure authenticity of communications from students, email from outside email accounts cannot be accepted.) Withdrawals become effective the date the written notice is received by the Registrar's Office.

Students who intend to complete the current semester and make their withdrawal effective at the end of the semester, should clearly state this in their written withdrawal notice. All required course work for the current semester must then be submitted to faculty by the last day of the semester—no extensions of the verification deadline will be granted.

Incomplete courses from previous semesters (with or without second extensions filed) will automatically become no credits.

Tuition Refunds after Withdrawal

Antioch University New England tuition is determined by the actual costs of the programs and services provided. When a student withdraws after the semester begins, the cost to Antioch University New England is not reduced nor can the student be replaced. Accordingly, Antioch refunds only a portion of its tuition and other fees, thereby sharing with the student the losses caused by their withdrawal. In addition, if the student received any financial aid prior to their withdrawal, the student may be liable to Antioch for a portion of the aid received.

Withdrawals received after the first day of the semester become effective on the day the written notification is received by the Registrar's Office and are subject to the following tuition refund schedule:

NOTE: Calculation of tuition and fees to be refunded is based on the expectation of the students program sequence.

The Hold Place Fee is non-refundable.

Return of Federal Funds Policy

The financial aid office recalculates federal financial aid* eligibility for students who withdraw, drop out, are dismissed, or take an interim or a leave of absence prior to completing 60% of the semester. Recalculation is based on the percent of earned aid using the following formula:

Percent earned = Number of days completed up to withdrawal date†/total days in the semester

Federal Financial Aid is returned to the federal government based on the percent of unearned aid using the following formula:

Aid to be returned = (100 percent - percent earned) X (the amount of aid disbursed toward institutional charges).

When aid is returned, the student may owe a balance to the school. The student will be contacted by the Student Accounts Office to make arrangements to pay the balance.

* Federal financial aid includes the Perkins Loan, Stafford Loan, and TEACH Grant.
†Withdrawal Date is defined as the actual date the Registrar's Office receives written or e-mail notification from the student of their withdrawal.

All current students should report changes of mailing addresses in writing to the Registrar's Office. We will then notify your academic department and all other enrollment offices of the change.

1. Emailing Registrar's Office through your Antioch email account
2. Submitting a Change of Address Form
3. Faxing to the Registrar's Office at 603 355-1160
4. Mailing the address change information to the contact address below

Please include your student ID number to help us identify you correctly.

Contact Information:

Office of the Registrar
Antioch University New England
40 Avon Street
Keene, NH 03431-3516
Tel: 603.283.2470
Fax: 603.355.1160
Email:registrar.off@antiochne.edu
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am- 4:30 pm

If you change your name you must submit a Change of Status Form with accompanying legal documentation (copy of Social Security Card required) to the Registrar's Office in order to have your student records and transcript to reflect this change.

Consenting romantic and sexual relationships between employees (faculty, staff and administration) and between employees and students are potentially problematic and can raise serious concerns. Codes of ethics for most professional associations forbid sexual relationships between professional and client. In the view of Antioch New England Graduate School, some employee-student relationships are those of professional and client.

The employee-student and supervisor-subordinate relationships inherently involve disproportionate power and influence, creating the potential for serious abuse. This differential is particularly significant where evaluative relationships exist - giving praise or blame, conducting academic assessment, providing recommendations for future study or employment, etc. and where judgment in the application of policies or procedures must be exercised. Freedom of choice is diminished and the learning environment can be distorted and inhibited.

For these reasons, consenting romantic and sexual relationships between a student and a faculty member and/or administrator with direct evaluative responsibility (i.e., instructional or supervisory) for that student, if developed subsequent to a student's entry into Antioch New England Graduate School, are unacceptable and constitute personal and professional misconduct.

For these reasons, consenting romantic and sexual relationships between a student and a faculty member and/or administrator with direct evaluative responsibility (i.e., instructional or supervisory) for that student, if developed subsequent to a student's entry into Antioch University New England, are unacceptable and constitute personal and professional misconduct on the employee's part. Employees found to be in violation of this policy will be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including termination. Consensual sexual relationships between faculty/staff and students not in direct evaluative relationships require disclosure to the appropriate supervisor so arrangements can be made for objective decision making with regard to the student. Failure to disclose will be viewed as a violation of policy and employees will be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including termination.

1. A Employees found to be in violation of policy will be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including termination from employment.
2. A consensual sexual relationship between and employee and a student when there is no responsibility for the student requires disclosure to the appropriate supervisor so arrangements can be made for objective decision making with regard to the student.
3. Failure to disclose will be viewed as a violation of policy and the employee will be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including termination from employment.
4. In those situations where a consensual sexual relationship exists or existed prior the other party (employee or student) formally enters the Antioch New England learning community, it is the responsibility of the employee to disclose the relationship so that the institution may take steps to insure that neither party has an official evaluative relationship with regard to the other and that assignments may be made in such a way as to minimize or avoid compromising the learning or working environment. Disclosure does not require that details or the nature of the relationship be revealed.
5. Failure to disclose will be viewed as a violation of policy and employees will be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including termination from employment.
6. In either disclosure example presented, it is expected that supervisors will respect confidentiality, limiting their disclosure(s) to a need to know basis.
7. Violations of the consensual sexual relations policy will be reviewed by the campus President or his/her designee. Based on that review, appropriate sanctions will be determined by the President.
8. The decision of the President will be final.

Antioch University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the University not to discriminate against and to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, and veteran status.

Communications concerning individual student matters, including enrollment status, completion of course and degree requirements, academic standing, financial aid or student account status will be sent from academic departments and enrollment services offices (Admissions, Registrar, Financial Aid and Student Accounts) through several channels:

• Antioch University New England email
• US Post Office
• On-campus student mailboxes (for those who attend weekly classes at AUNE)

Therefore, it is incumbent upon students to regularly check their email mailbox and on-campus mailboxes for individualized notices, as well as online academic department conferences for notices of a general nature.

Students are also required to keep Antioch University New England informed of a current mailing address where they regularly receive postal mail.

The official designated recipient of change of address notices for enrolled students is the Registrar's Office. Changes must be submitted in writing and may be sent either through Antioch University New England (directed to Registrar Office AUNE), in person by visiting the Registrar's Office or by US Mail.

Please help us keep you informed of important institutional information by both reading AUNE email and keeping us current on your mailing address.

Antioch University New England is committed to providing a positive educational environment in which students, faculty and staff are engaged in the interconnected and interdependent endeavors of learning, instructing and providing support services. In order to foster and maintain the highest professional environment, to preserve the dignity of all and to guarantee individuals' freedom to learn and work, sexual harassment and assault are strictly prohibited. This policy applies to all members of the Antioch University New England community: students, faculty and staff persons. Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including discharge or disenrollment from the Institution.

At Antioch University New England we have created an educational community committed to shared responsibility for the well-being of the community as well as respect for the individual. Inherent in these ideals is the need for a system of justice which protects the community as a whole, as well as each of the individual members of the community.

The affairs of our community are best managed with the perspective gained from an understanding of adult development and accompanying moral development, with our daily life here managed according to a set of clearly and commonly understood expectations, procedures, rules, and regulations. Continued membership as a student in the Antioch University New England community is a privilege, and students are expected to abide by the graduate school's rules and regulations, uphold principles of academic honesty and integrity, and act in a fashion that preserves the rights of others. Further, students in professional training programs are expected to follow the ethical code of their particular profession.

When there are infractions of rules or regulations, and/or when serious concerns arise, efforts are made to address and resolve these matters through consultation, mutual agreements, departmental procedures, etc. However, at times formal disciplinary actions may be necessary. The procedures outlined below have been developed to address such situations. It is also possible that prosecution in criminal or civil courts may result. However, Antioch University New England procedures shall be considered independent of, and in addition to, any criminal or civil proceedings; no principle of “double jeopardy' shall apply as Antioch University New England is not intended to serve in lieu of the criminal or civil courts.

Outline of the Judicial Process

The following procedures will be followed, except in those cases where extraordinary circumstances, as determined by the vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) of Antioch University New England, warrant a change. It must also be noted that response timeframes indicated below are designed to convey a spirit of timely attention; however, special circumstances (e.g. travel, availability, etc.) may make strict adherence impossible.

Questions of charges related to misconduct shall initially be brought to the attention of the VPAA, who will determine if there is sufficient evidence of misconduct to warrant an investigation. The VPAA, or designee, may request that additional information be supplied, may conduct an investigation and/or arrange for a personal meeting with the student(s) in question.

At the point of an interview with the student(s) allegedly involved in the misconduct, the VPAA or designee will discuss student rights, outline hearing procedures and options, and specify particulars of the accusation. This oral communication shall also be confirmed in writing to the student(s) by the VPAA, or designee. The student then has forty-eight hours after the verbal communication to decide whether he or she wishes to discuss the case and have sanctions assigned by the VPAA, or designee, or have the Antioch University New England Judicial Hearing Board conduct a hearing to determine guilt or innocence. That decision must be communicated in writing to the VPAA, or designee. If the student does not request a hearing by the Judicial Hearing Board, the student waives all rights to hearing by the Judicial Hearing Board, and the VPAA, or designee, shall make a full determination of the matter.

If the VPAA, or designee, is to deal with the matter, it will be done at the earliest possible date. If the Judicial Hearing Board is requested to review the matter, it will normally conduct the hearing within two weeks of the student's request.

The determination of the innocence or responsibility for wrong-doing of the student by the Judicial Hearing Board and the assignment of appropriate sanctions assigned by either the VPAA or the Judicial Hearing Board are final and irrevocable, subject only to the right of the student(s) to appeal as outlined below.

All decisions will be rendered, in writing, within twenty-four hours after the conclusion of the hearing, and then sent to the VPAA, designee, and to the student(s).

The Judicial Hearing Board

Membership of the Judicial Hearing Board, including its chair, will consist of three persons drawn from the constituent parts of the Antioch University New England community—faculty (including adjuncts), administration, and students.

The membership composition for each seating of the Judicial Hearing Board will be appointed by the VPAA from a pool of individuals who have agreed to serve, and must include at least one student who is part of the student's academic field/program. The initial Judicial Hearing Board composition will be determined by the VPAA within ten working days after a student(s) requests a hearing, after which the student(s) may make a maximum of two requests for removal of appointed members in conflict of interest reasons.

General Guidelines for the Judicial Hearing

1. Formal rules of evidence will not apply in the hearing process.
2. Decisions of the Judicial Hearing Board require a majority vote (with abstentions recorded as a negative vote).
3. Decisions will be made on the basis of a preponderance of evidence.
4. Conduct of the hearing will be the responsibility of the chair of the Judicial Hearing Board.
5. Deliberations of the Judicial Hearing Board are confidential. Individual members retain the right to disclose only their own position; members may not disclose the voting position of others or deliberations of the Board.
6. Questions surrounding ethical issues are of concern both to the graduate school and its academic departments. The judicial process focuses on issues relevant to membership in the Antioch University New England community. In accordance with procedures consistent with established guidelines of the specific professions, the ethical issues around a person's membership in a particular profession continue to be subject to separate consideration by academic departments.
7. In sexual assault matters:
   1. The accuser and accused are entitled to the same opportunities to have others present during the proceedings
   2. Both the accuser and the accused shall be informed of the outcome of the proceeding
8. Should the Board decide that a person is responsible for the alleged misconduct, the Board shall then consult with the VPAA, or designee, and the appropriate department chairperson, or designee, on what consequences are appropriate up to and including disenrollment. The determination on the consequences shall be set by the Judicial Hearing Board.

Appeal Procedure

Decisions of the Judicial Hearing Board may be appealed to the VPAA by the student(s) against whom a decision has been rendered on the basis of:

1. Procedural grounds
2. Specific new substantive evidence
3. Sanctions

The appeal request must be submitted in writing to the VPAA within forty-eight hours after receipt of the protested decision. Within seven days after receipt of the appeal, the VPAA, or designee, shall determine whether there was fair consideration, or if there were prejudicial, arbitrary, or capricious actions on the handling of the matter, if new and significant information has arisen since the matter was presented for hearing and disposition, or whether sanctions were appropriate.

If the VPAA, or designee, finds that fair consideration has been given, that there were not prejudicial, arbitrary, or capricious actions in the handling of the matter, that no significant new information has arisen, and that sanctions were appropriate, the matter will not be considered further. If, however, a deficiency is found, the VPAA, or designee, shall reconsider the matter and decision on the basis of the deficiency.

Student Rights

The following fundamental concepts will be followed in a hearing process:

1. Students against whom charges have been made are entitled to notification in writing of those charges and will be given a reasonable time in which to prepare for a disciplinary hearing.
2. Burden of proof in disciplinary matters will rest with those bringing the charge(s), and all information upon which a decision might be based must be introduced at the time of the hearing before the Judicial Hearing Board. An information summary will be made, including taping of the proceedings, and will become part of the hearing records.
3. Students against whom charges have been made have the opportunity to appear, to speak, and to present information and witnesses. Witnesses against the student(s) will normally testify in the presence of the student and be available for cross-examination. Signed written testimony will be accepted, but it must be made available to the student(s) as well. Accused students have the right to present individual witnesses to testify on their behalf, subject to reasonable limitations on numbers to be determined by the Judicial Hearing Board. Accused students have the right to remain silent (not to testify against oneself), though it must be recognized that the matter will be considered by the Judicial Hearing Board on the basis of evidence presented. The right to appeal, as outlined above, is guaranteed.
4. Accused students have the right to be assisted by an “advisor” of his/her choice from within the Antioch University New England community (administration, faculty, and students). Professional legal counsel will not be permitted in either of the above options unless simultaneous legal action for the same offense is pending in criminal court.

Students in all Antioch University New England programs are required to have regular computer and Internet access available on a daily basis. Students are also required to regularly use their Antioch-issued email account.

Our intent is to provide student services including, but not limited to: expanded access to academic resources and services provided by the Antioch University New England library; technological applications related to the delivery of courses and content via learning management software (Sakai); enhanced and more convenient communication with faculty and staff around academic and enrollment matters; and a significantly enhanced sense of a learning community through communication opportunities between class meetings. And finally, we envision a substantial reduction in the amount of paper used to conduct business.

Should you need to purchase a computer to meet this requirement, and you have a financial aid package, the cost may be covered through financial aid. Please contact the Financial Aid Office at 603.283.2365 for further information.

Please refer to the “Minimum Computer Requirements” listed below for details of specific hardware and software configuration requirements.

Antioch University New England Minimum Computer Requirements

Below are computing requirements for all students. Individual departments and programs may require additional software (e.g., NVIVO, SPSS). Check with your department for other requirements or recommendations they may have specific to your degree.

Internet Connectivity

All students must have a consistent and reliable Internet connection. Most courses, even those that meet face-to-face, take advantage of our online course management system, and the Antioch community uses several online technologies to communicate and collaborate. We strongly recommend a high-speed Internet connection (e.g., cable, DSL, or wireless). Using slower dial-up or satellite connections will greatly increase the amount of time spent on accomplishing your online educational activities.

Computer Hardware / Operating System

Antioch University (AU) strongly recommends laptop computers to allow for mobility and flexibility in completing your academic work both on and off campus.

Mac or Windows PC with a minimum of 1 GB of RAM; 2 GB preferred.

• PC - Windows XP or higher
• Mac - OS 10.4 or higher

Older operating systems and computers with less memory (RAM) and processing power may function but may not meet your courses' requirements.

Office Productivity Software

Your computer software should include a word processing program that saves and opens text files and that saves in multiple file formats. A good choice is a current office suite package such as Microsoft Office that includes word processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and other useful software. Some new computer purchases have this software already installed. NOTE: Microsoft Office suites are currently used at most Antioch University (AU) campuses. Some options are listed below.

• Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 Steal for AU students
• Open Office 2009: The free and open productivity suite.
• Google Docs: Free online documents creation capabilities.

Anti-Virus/Computer Protection

AU urges that you take steps to prevent viruses and other malware from infecting your educational home computing environment. Here are some programs that our IT staff recommends:

Anti-Virus Protection
• Avast Home Edition (free)
• Norton Anti-Virus 2009
• McAfee Virus ScanPlus

Malware/Spyware Protection
• AdAware
• SpyBot Search & Destroy

Internet Browsers

Most of AU's technologies are accessed through a web browser, so having a supported browser on your home computing system is critical. Antioch supports the following browsers:

Windows

• Firefox 2 or higher
• Internet Explorer 7 or higher

Mac
• Firefox 2 or higher
• (Safari is not supported with Antioch Sakai)

Browser Plugins / Players

AU also recommends several freely-available adjunct programs that will be helpful in using the Internet for academic work. Some free software and applications you may want to install include:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: For viewing PDF documents: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
• Zotero: Citation management program for capturing citations and creating bibliographies (must be using FireFox as your Web browser): http://www.zotero.org/
• QuickTime Player / iTunes: For playing multimedia files, podcasts, and streaming video: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/index.html
• Windows Media Player: For playing multimedia files: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
• Adobe Flash Player: For playing animations and Adobe Flash web content (multimedia): http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
• RealPlayer: For playing specific streaming media: http://www.real.com/ - Look for the FREE RealPlayer download.

In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Antioch University New England does not exclude or discriminate against otherwise qualified students with disabilities. Students with disabilities, diagnosed by a qualified professional and disclosed to the coordinator for Student Disability Services, may request and receive reasonable accommodations that will allow them to participate in the institution's programs and services. For more information about Antioch University New England's procedures please contact the coordinator for an appointment to discuss your needs and receive a copy of Antioch University New England's policies on accommodations.

Books for classes may be purchased at Antioch University New England's Bookstore. The hours and days of operation will be posted each semester. Students may call the Bookstore to have their textbooks charged to their credit card along with a modest shipping fee in order to have their books shipped directly to them.

In addition to textbooks, the bookstore carries T-shirts, sweatshirts, notebooks, mugs, decals and snack items for sale. The bookstore staff is happy to special order non-textbook reading materials and computer products. There is also a fax service available. Rates are posted at the front of the store. Naturally, comments and suggestions are always welcome. The bookstore provides customer service comment cards for your convenience.

The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, Title II of Public Law 101-542 requires an institution to begin to collect certain information about crimes on campus. It also requires that the institution prepare, publish, and distribute this information to all current students, employees, and any applicants for enrollment or employment upon request. The spirit of this legislation is to make our campus a safer place through awareness and clear channels of communication, and encourages each of us to take reasonable precautions.

Procedures For Reporting Criminal Action

Security concerns during the office hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm should be reported directly to the vice president for finance and administration or to the director of facilities services. After office hours and when the facilities are open, make your reports to the person on duty at the library desk. It is Antioch's policy to respond quickly to any threats to the safety of students, employees, or Antioch property. At off-campus sites, criminal activity should be reported to the site director or faculty member present, who in turn will notify the appropriate local authority.

Access to Campus Facilities

From Monday through Friday, while classes are in session, Antioch facilities are generally open from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm or one-half hour after the end of the last scheduled class, whichever is earlier. When classes are scheduled on the weekends, the appropriate spaces within the facilities are open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm or one-half hour after the end of the last class, whichever is earlier. On those days when there are no classes scheduled, but the administrative offices are open, the appropriate campus facilities are generally open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Off-campus sites are open during posted hours. Since Antioch is a private university, access to our facilities is limited to current and prospective students, staff and faculty, and their guests. A community member should report anyone in the building they suspect is not a member of the educational community.

Campus Law Enforcement Policies

Antioch employees who are involved with security matters are authorized to take actions required to protect Antiochians and property of Antioch from immediate danger. They are not legal law enforcement officers so they will immediately call the Keene Police Department when there is danger to persons or facilities. It is our policy to promptly report all crimes to the Keene Police Department. As stated in “Procedures for Reporting Criminal Action,” report any suspected criminal activity to the appropriate official. In an emergency involving immediate threat to persons or property you should call the Keene Police Department at 352.2222, or dial 9 (for an outside line) followed by 911, and notify the appropriate Antioch staff member as soon as is reasonable. Antioch University New England is on one of the Keene Police Department's routine patrol routes.

Other Information on Campus Security

As a non-residential campus with a regional student body, Antioch University New England relies on local, state, and federal programs to inform its students, faculty, and staff of crime prevention methods. The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 requires disclosure of crimes. For an annual update of crime statistics for Antioch University New England, refer to the website of the Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education.

Antioch University New England assists students in planning their careers and seeking employment in several ways. Job listings are posted on bulletin boards maintained by each of the academic departments. Reference books on resume writing and interviewing for jobs are available in the library. Your advisor can also help you with advice on career planning and professional networking in your field of interest. Academic departments also sponsor practicum and job fairs for current students.

Alumni and finishing students may also access our online Alumni Career Resources for career consulting tips, job listings, and networking with other alumni.

Under the provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug-Free Schools and Community Act Amendments of 1989, Antioch University New England students and employees are prohibited from the unlawful manufacture, possession, distribution, dispensation, or use of a controlled substance, as a condition of their enrollment or employment at Antioch. A controlled substance is defined as a drug that cannot be purchased 'over the counter'.

Any student or employee convicted under a criminal drug statute for conduct at Antioch University New England is required to report this to the University Office of Human Resources within five days of the conviction, and may be subject to the following:

• Required participation in a drug rehabilitation program approved by Antioch
• Suspension from employment or enrollment until satisfactory progress has been made in a drug rehabilitation program
• Immediate dismissal from employment or enrollment

The sale, use or possession of alcoholic beverages by students on the campus of Antioch University New England is strictly prohibited.

Information covering the health risks of drug and alcohol abuse, and an overview of the legal sanctions applicable under local, state, and federal law is made available to all students. Information concerning drug and alcohol counseling, treatment and rehabilitation is available in the Antioch University New England Office of Human Resources.

A complete policy statement regarding the sale and use of illegal drugs is distributed to all employees and students each year.

Antioch University New England sends and receives fax transmissions. The institution's fax number is 603.357.0718; individual departments also have fax facilities. In sending a document to AUNE, please be sure to include a cover transmission sheet stating to whom the document should be delivered. Confidentiality of faxes cannot be guaranteed.

Antioch University New England recognizes that we are a multicultural community with a variety of spiritual and religious practices and therefore, supports the needs of individual faculty, students, and staff to observe their traditional holidays. Given our unique program structures and delivery systems, whenever possible and feasible, it is the intention of the Antioch University New England to provide accommodations for both federal and religious holidays.

Each year Antioch University New England seeks to avoid obvious conflicts with holidays that involve Antioch students, faculty, and staff, and tries to schedule semester breaks to avoid as many conflicts as possible.

Academic departments have the autonomy to schedule classes within the boundaries of the academic calendar to avoid conflict with religious holidays. If a conflict does exist, the academic department is expected to make accommodations based on the need of the individuals involved. Faculty should communicate with students at the beginning of each semester to identify conflicts. Students who wish to observe holidays that fall on class days must inform their instructors of their intent to observe the holiday, in order that alternative arrangements can be made.

Students are expected to make up classroom work, and the faculty is expected to provide reasonable opportunities for students to make up missed work. Students will not be penalized for missing classes for religious holidays.

Faculty, staff, and students should also be responsive to the needs of religious groups when planning special events, avoiding conflict whenever possible.

The library's services and collections are designed to support the low-residency graduate student. The library serves students on campus, off campus, and at cluster sites.

Individualized service is the reference support model, and faculty librarians offer professional and personal research support to our graduate students, both online and in person. Librarians also offer course-specific sessions and workshops on topics of interest throughout the semester.

The library's curriculum-focused collection includes print and electronic books and journals, and online research databases. Items not held in the local collection can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan at no cost to the student.

The library offers circulating audio-visual equipment, including data projectors, camcorders, tape recorders, conference phones, laptop computers, and more. Reservations are recommended.

The electronic infrastructure of the library requires that students have computer systems and skills that meet the AUNE standards as noted in this handbook. All electronic communications with the library must come through the student's Antioch email account (not a personal email account), which authenticates the student. The library provides complete technical support for all electronic library services.

For complete policies regarding circulation, interlibrary loan, audiovisual equipment, and other library resources and services, please check the library's website.

Fines and Fees

The library reserves the right to charge replacement and processing fees for lost or damaged items. Patrons with overdue books or unpaid fines may be denied access to library services. After due process, all unpaid fines and other charges will be turned over to the Students Accounts Office for collection. Once this action is taken, library privileges will be suspended until payment is received. The provision of enrollment or other academic services (such as transcripts, diplomas, registration for future terms) to students with outstanding library charges may be affected.

Library Hours

Library hours are posted at the beginning of each semester. In general, the library is open seven days a week when school is in session. More limited hours are offered during vacation periods. For up-to-date information on library hours, check the library's web site.

Contact Information

The library can be reached at 603.283.2400, or by emailing circulation.ane@antioch.edu. Library staff contact information can be found on the library's web site.

Student mailboxes, located in the student lounge on the second floor, are in alphabetical order and are shared with other students. Many in-house memos and general information issued to students are placed in your mailbox, and we suggest that you check it frequently. Personal mail sent c/o Antioch University New England is not accepted and will be returned to sender.

Mailboxes for chairpersons, faculty, and administrators are located on the first floor in the north wing. Adjunct faculty at Antioch University New England who teach courses that start after 5:00 pm have mailboxes located above the student mailboxes in the student lounge.

There is an “after hours” mailbox available on the first floor in the lobby by the elevator. You may use this for leaving completed forms, messages, and information for employees in the evenings and on weekends.

If you need a doctor or medical attention Keene has excellent medical facilities. Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene is located on Court Street. It is open daily and the hospital has around-the-clock medical assistance and a complete emergency staff on call.

The Antioch University New England campus on Avon Street has ample on-site parking in the parking lots. To maintain a good neighborhood relationship with the Avon Street businesses, Antioch asks employees and students NOT to park along Avon Street.

In addition to generating neighborhood complaints and damaging Antioch's relationship with the Keene community, employees and students who park illegally run the risk of being ticketed or having their cars towed.

Dogs and other pets are absolutely not allowed. This policy applies to field trips as well; please leave your pet at home.

The phones at Antioch are not to be used for personal calls. Also, it is our policy not to accept collect calls unless special arrangements have been made with the person whom you are calling. A Pay phone for student use is located on the first floor inside the front foyer of the building. Incoming personal calls to Antioch University New England on the day(s) you attend classes must be limited to emergency calls only.

The Antioch Psychological Services (PSC) is located at the Antioch University New England campus. The clinic functions as a mental health center and offers a range of therapy and counseling services to Antioch students and people in the Monadnock area. It is staffed by student clinicians and supervised by faculty within the Clinical Psychology doctoral program. The Clinic is a "model" training facility in professional psychology and emphasizes training, supervision, and current themes in research and service delivery in the health care field.

The clinic is open Tuesday through Friday throughout the year. Call for an appointment 603.352.1024 or email ANE_PSC@antiochne.edu. Please call us and visit our website for more information.

Therapy and Counseling

Our services include individual therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, in addition to couples' and family counseling. Group therapy and psycho educational workshops also run throughout the year. We can accommodate a number of personal difficulties, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, and adjustment to challenging and stressful life situations. Therapists are trained to treat commonly encountered childhood problems and help parents cope with these difficulties. Fees are extremely reasonable. Please note- the Clinic is not equipped to accommodate "walk-ins" or those needing emergency services.

Testing and Assessment Services

Psychology clinicians perform comprehensive psycho-education evaluations for learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, and psychological factors related to achievement. In addition, we can provide psychological and diagnostic assessments for local professionals and schools. Vocational interest assessments are also available. All are available to Antioch students for a reduced fee.

Room scheduling policies have been developed with consideration of the nature of our academic delivery model, the physical characteristics of our building, limited facilities, our status as a commuter campus, and current liability insurance coverage. All room reservation requests will be governed by these policies.

Gatherings beyond the scope of the academic program, (ie purely social events), are discouraged due to liability, security, and associated costs (reception coverage and cleaning).

1. All room requests, whether for individual use or group activities, must be sponsored by your department, and faculty/staff must be present during the event.
2. Requests are to be submitted by the department administrative assistant with specifics as to event, faculty sponsors, numbers of attendees, and planned activities. Since events are scheduled for only those evenings we're open for classes, the coordinator may not approve events that could be disruptive to scheduled classes.
3. Conference rooms are primarily for administrative purposes, academic/faculty meetings, etc. Conference rooms may be scheduled as above for meetings of a recognized student group (SERD, CTEC, etc.), with department sponsorship and faculty presence at the meeting or event.
4. The casual use of rooms other than those scheduled according to the above parameters is strongly discouraged. Although a room may appear empty, other groups (internal and external) may be assigned to the space. We have requested that faculty request break-out rooms for classes in which groups may move to remote (ie, out of classroom) space to discuss academic issues.
5. Events are not to be announced publicly until appropriate room reservations have been requested via a department administrative assistant, and acknowledged.
6. Use of first and second floor lobby areas is arranged by the process noted above.

• For all emergencies requiring Police, Fire, or Ambulance assistance without the need to sound the fire alarm, dial 9 (for an outside line) followed by 911.
• Life Safety and Fire Codes of the State of New Hampshire and the City of Keene prohibit candles and smoldering type incense within our “clean air” designed building.

Minor Safety Concerns
All minor safety concerns including but not limited to spills of non-toxic materials, body fluids (vomit, blood, etc.), electrical or chemical odors, mechanical malfunctions, hazardous storage, blockage of corridors, stairways, entrances and exits, must be brought to the attention of the Facilities Services Office by phoning them directly at extension 2391. On weekends please see the librarian.

Medical Emergencies
In the case of a medical emergency, stay with the patient and keep him/her still. Send someone else to notify the director of facility services. If he is not available, call Mutual Aid or dial 9 (for an outside line) followed by 911. Provide all the requested information and do not hang up until instructed to do so by the dispatcher. First-aid kits are located at the Information desk, in the Staff Lounge and in the Library.

Fire Emergencies
For all emergencies involving fire, smoke, explosions, large spills of toxic chemicals, strong irritating odors or gases, pull the nearest fire alarm and evacuate the building immediately. This will automatically alert the Fire Department. Report all necessary information to the director of facility services, vice president for finance and administration OR to the Fire Department incident commander as soon as possible.

There are no fire drills at Antioch University New England. All alarms are real. When the alarm sounds, leave the building immediately. Make your way quickly and safely to the nearest uninvolved ground floor exit. These are marked by lighted EXIT signs. Maps for general evacuation routes are posted inside the door of all rooms throughout the building and in corridors and common areas. Proceed to the end of the parking area farthest from the building and wait for additional instructions. Do not enter vehicles and attempt to leave the parking area. This action will result in delaying the incoming emergency apparatus. If there is to be a long delay in reentering the building, the Fire or Police Department will set up traffic control to facilitate departure in a controlled manner.

Earthquakes, Explosions, Building Collapse
Should an earthquake occur, seek shelter from flying glass and possible collapse of building components, under the nearest desk or, if unavailable, lay face down against the nearest interior wall. Protect your neck and head with your arms. When quaking stops, evacuate and help others to evacuate, by the nearest outside opening. If you must leave through a window opening, use any means available to clear glass from the frame.

Antioch University New England has adopted the following policy with regard to smoking.

• There will be No Smoking allowed anywhere, anytime within the building(s) at Antioch University New England, and No Smoking within 60 feet of the building(s). Establishing this rule avoids the situation where participants who are smokers make it unhealthy for non-smokers. All employees will take responsibility for informing guests of the "No Smoking" policy.

These procedures are based on the following assumptions:

1. Working and learning conditions are important to all because they affect the work of the organization and affect the health of each individual
2. The evidence is unequivocal that smoking not only harms the smoker, but others in the room.
3. Everyone here should have access to a smoke-free working and learning space.
4. The burden should not be on non-smokers to raise the objections to smokers and ask them to cease.
5. Where the two are in conflict, institution rules should come down on the side of the non-smoker.

Antioch University New England as an institution does not offer student health insurance. However, we do have information available on student health insurance administered by a private carrier. Further information can be obtained at the Student Accounts Office or on their Health page.

Student Identification Cards are available from the Registrar's Office for use while you are enrolled. Your student I.D. will admit you to the Antioch University New England library and will also serve as identification at functions which offer student discount rates.

The main student lounge, located on the second floor, is a place for students to meet, relax, and study.

We ask that students please help us keep the lounge an inviting place for fellow students and visitors by picking up after themselves.

Comprehensive Fee

All Antioch University New England students will be assessed a Comprehensive Fee each semester when tuition is due. This fee covers the cost of administrative and academic student services, basic instructional copying and materials, technology support, library services, and your diploma. It does not include books, which are purchased by you.

Dissertation Advising Fee

All Doctoral students must register for dissertation until and including the semester orals are held. If orals are passed prior to the first day of classes, and the dissertation is deposited prior to the end of the add/drop period of the new semester, the Dissertation Advising Fee for the new semester will be refunded. However, all financial aid funds must be returned to the lending institution.

Doctoral Internship Fee

All Clinical Psychology students must register and pay the Internship Advising Fee for each term they are engaged in a doctoral internship.

Graduation Extension Fee

All master's level students, not enrolled in thesis/master's project continuation, will be charged a Graduation Extension Fee if all required course or practicum work is not submitted by deadline specified in the Academic Calendar or if all degree requirements are not satisfied by deadline specified for each degree conferral date in the Academic Calendar. The fee helps defray costs of maintaining and reviewing your records for a future degree conferral.

Laboratory Fee

All Environmental Studies students will be required to pay a Laboratory Fee each semester when tuition is due. This fee covers the costs associated with the purchase, repair, and replacement of supplies and equipment needed to conduct field, science, and selected communications courses. A partial list includes a variety of test kits, microscopes and related supplies, chemicals, maps, measuring and surveying devices, and specialized computer equipment. These resources are used in over half of the environmental studies courses in the field and the classroom, as well as in the laboratory.

Liability Insurance Fee

All Applied and Clinical Psychology students will be assessed a Liability Insurance Fee each semester when tuition is due. This insurance provides professional liability coverage when students are doing internships and practica.

Master's Thesis/Project Continuation Fee

All master's level students who are required or elect to do a master's project or thesis will pay a Master's Thesis/Project Continuation Fee each semester following their last scheduled semester of coursework, until the thesis/master's project is credited in the Registrar's Office. If the project is credited by the end of the drop/add period of the new semester, the fee for that semester will be refunded, or returned to the lender for those receiving financial aid. This fee helps defray costs of advising, faculty evaluation of work, library and enrollment services.

Non-credit Workshop Fee

All Waldorf students will be required to pay a non-credit workshop fee each semester when tuition is due. This fee covers the costs associated with the non-credit workshops offered by the Waldorf program. As part of the accreditation by the Waldorf Schools Association of North America, the New England Waldorf Teacher Education Council requires that Waldorf students take additional courses in the arts and anthroposophy. The courses include: singing, bothmer gymnastics, recorder, eurythmy, karmic relationships, drawing, rhythms in teaching, painting and occasional guest presentations.

Master's Fees
Doctoral Fees

Student employment is available on campus. Students who meet the application deadline and have the highest financial need will be offered a specific amount of estimated Federal Work Study on their initial award letters for the year. Job openings and further information are posted in the financial services area.

The Federal Direct Student Loan Program is the primary source of funding for most AUNE financial aid applicants. Stafford Student Loans, less any applicable origination and guarantee fees, are disbursed to Antioch University New England. Funds are issued to Antioch University New England in up to three disbursements annually, in the form of electronic funds transfer or checks. Upon Antioch's receipt of funds, a final assessment of eligibility will be conducted before the funds will be credited to the account. Information about Perkins Loans, Graduate Plus Loans, and Alternative Educational Loans is available in the Financial Services section of our website, or from the Financial Aid Office.

Loan Fees

The Federal government charges a fee for originating Federal Student Loans. The fee ranging from 1 to 4 percent will be deducted from the amount you borrow prior to being credited to your student account.

Electronic Funds Transfer

Loan funds arrive by this method. You will be notified by the Student Accounts Office when the funds have been applied to your student account. If this transaction results in a credit balance in excess of $32, a refund check will be processed.

Loan Checks

Loan checks from private lenders (not the Federal Direct Loan Program) may be co-payable to Antioch University New England and the student. Antioch University New England recieves a check, you will be notified by the Student Accounts Office that a check has been received and requires your signature. After the check is signed, the money will be applied toward any and all of the balance due on your account. If this transaction results in a credit balance in excess of $32, a refund check will be processed.

Important Notice for Credit Card Users

In accordance with our credit card Merchant Agreement, any refund due to a student within ninety days of a credit card transaction must first be refunded directly to that credit card. Students will be notified via Antioch email if this should occur. Any excess refund over $32 will be issued in the form of a check.

Scholarships And Grants

Visit AUNE Financial Services for a list of grants and scholarships available.

The effective date of suspension of financial aid shall be determined as follows:

1. If the student has not met the minimum credit requirement to maintain satisfactory academic progress by the end of the semester in which the review takes place, awards for upcoming semesters will be suspended.
2. If the review takes place between semesters, and the student does not meet minimum credit requirements, financial aid already awarded but not yet disbursed for the coming semester(s) will be suspended.

Reapplying for Financial Aid After Suspension

Minimum credit requirements (as evidenced by complete credits in your file in the Registrar's Office) must be fulfilled before a student may reapply for financial aid. Under no circumstances will financial aid money be held in reserve for students who have had an award suspended.

If a student is able to re-establish satisfactory progress before the end of a semester of suspension, aid may be awarded retroactively for that semester, subject to the availability of funds. If, however, a student does not meet minimum credit requirements by the end of the semester, the financial aid award is forfeited, and subsequent awards will not be increased to reflect the loss of aid.

Student Consumer Information is available for review in the Financial Aid Office.

For students enrolled in a Doctoral program, tuition is assessed by semester. For students enrolled in a Masters program, tuition is assessed on a per credit basis for each degree and certificate program. All programs have a minimum number of required semesters. Students pay the tuition charges plus applicable fees each semester they are enrolled. Please refer to the tuition schedules below for the minimum number of semesters in each program.

Tuition Schedules
Department of Applied Psychology
Department of Clinical Psychology
Department of Education
Department of Environmental Studies
Department of Organization & Management
Interdisciplinary Studies

Fees
Master's Level Fees
Doctoral Level Fees

Total degree program costs will vary depending on the length of time spent in a program and whether the program requires a Master's Project.

Tuition is due at registration and does not include the cost of field study fees.

Please Note: Tuition and fees charges are subject to change each academic year, for both continuing and new students, effective with the summer semester (June).

Tuition Billing and Payment Information

Once the registration has been submitted in myAntioch, the student should proceed to the "Pay On My Account" section and make the necessary payment. If a student is a financial aid recipient, payment should be made for any balance not covered by the NET aid award. The Student Accounts Office is available for assistance on this.

If payment of an outstanding balance is not completed by the Registration Deadline as noted in the Academic Calendar, the student registration will be administratively withdrawn from the semester. Seats in all classes will be forfeited. At that time, the student will be placed on financial hold and will need to contact the Student Accounts Office to make payment arrangements, including payment of Late Fees. Once payment arrangements are completed, access to registration will be provided and the student will need to re-submit their registration. There is no guarantee that seats for all courses will be available for re-submitted registrations.

Students that have not registered by the Registration Deadline will be placed on financial hold and registration access will not be permitted. Payment arrangements, including payment of late fees, will then need to be completed with the Student Accounts Office prior to accessing registration.

Students with an outstanding balance from a current or previous semesters will not be permitted registration access in a subsequent semester until the account is cleared.

Acceptable Financing of Outstanding Balances:
1. Payment in full, either by check or credit card
2. Payment deferment based on pending student loans to cover the total balance due
3. Enrollment in tuition payment plan with Tuition Management Systems, Inc. (TMS)
4. Approved payment from a qualified third party payor

In most cases, tuition reimbursement from employers is not considered an acceptable financing option. If you have specific questions about employer-paid tuition benefits, please contact the Student Accounts Office.

Registering for classes obligates the student for payment of applicable tuition, fees, and other charges on a student's account. Failure to attend classes does not constitute withdrawal from Antioch or exemption from tuition payment.

A student is considered to be enrolled for the semester as of the first day of the semester (as defined by the academic calendar.) This date is separate from the first class meeting day.

Please Note: You cannot receive transcripts or diplomas until your account is clear.

Important Notice for Credit Card Users

In accordance with our credit card Merchant Agreement, any refund due to a student within ninety days of a credit card transaction must first be refunded directly to that credit card. Students will be notified via Antioch email if this should occur. Any excess refund over $32 will be issued in the form of a check.

Tuition Payment Plan

Managed by Tuition Management Systems, Inc. (TMS), this interest-free monthly payment option allows students to spread each semester's tuition over several months for a nominal per semester enrollment fee. All payments are made directly to TMS. This plan is available to all students unless they have applied for financial aid which exceeds their tuition and fee amounts. For further information, please contact TMS at 800.722.4867 or at www.afford.com/antiochne/

It is the policy of Antioch University New England that if your account is cancelled by TMS for any reason during two (2) consecutive semesters, your option to enroll with TMS for future semesters will be jeopardized.

Antioch University New England is approved for Veterans' Benefits. Those who are eligible may see the Registrar for the appropriate forms to initiate requests for benefits. Veterans' Administration regulations state that:

“The records (of the school) must be sufficient to show continued pursuit at the rate for which enrolled and the progress being made. They must include final grade (credit) in each subject for each term, quarter, semester; record of withdrawal from any subject to include the last date of attendance for a resident course. The school policy relative to standards of progress must be specific enough to determine the point in time when educational benefits should be discontinued...” (UR & E Trans Sheet 434) In compliance with the above regulations, we require the following:

1. Students enrolled for seven or more credits in the fall and spring semesters and five or more credits in the summer semester will be certified as full-time. You may also be certified for three-quarter (5 credits) or half-time (3.5 credits) benefits.
2. Eligible students are certified each semester and review of their coursework is done at that time. After you register for the upcoming semester and it is determined whether your are eligible for full-time or part-time benefits (based on the number of credits registered for and satisfactory progress), you will be certified for the subsequent semester.
3. Faculty will be notified of veteran students enrolled in their classes and asked to notify the Registrar if they are not attending. If it is found that you are not working toward the number of credits you had registered for, both you and the VA will be notified.