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Student Handbook Policies & Procedures
Academic & Enrollment Policies
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Administrative Policies
Academic & Enrollment PoliciesAcademic Dishonesty & PlagiarismAdvanced Standing: Advanced Standing Overview Advanced Standing: Fees for Assessment of Advanced Standing Advanced Standing: Prior Learning Credit Advanced Standing: Responsibilities of Participants Advanced Standing: Timing of Applying for Advanced Standing Advanced Standing: Transfer Credit Advanced Standing: Transfer Credit vs. Waiver of Course Requirements Advising Attendance & Residence Change of Program Course Crediting: Course Crediting Policies Overview Course Crediting: Deadlines for Submission of Required Work Course Crediting: Extension of Verification Deadlines Course Crediting: Internship/Practicum Crediting Policies Course Crediting: No Credit Course Crediting: Reversals of no-credit assignment Course Crediting: Second Extensions Credit Requirements Department of Clinical Psychology - Probation Policy Department of Clinical Psychology - Review of Academic Progress Diplomas Disenrollment Enrollment Services Extended and Modified Programs of Study - Program Plans Graduation and Completion of Degree Requirements Instructor/Course Evaluations Interim & Leave of Absence Policy Internship/Practicum Master's Level - Degree Candidacy Review Off-Campus Program Closing Prior Learning Defined Readmission Registration: Audit Registration: Changing Your Registration Registration: Dissertation & Doctoral Internships Registration: Drop/Add Registration: Failure to Register (All Students) Registration: Interim & Leave of Absence Policy Registration: Master's Project or Thesis Registration: Masters & Doctoral Programs Registration: Special Student Credits Satisfactory Progress/Good Academic Standing Special Student Status Student Academic Records Student Grievance Procedure Supervised Independent Study Teacher & Principal Certification - New Hampshire Teaching Reciprocity Transcripts Waivers of Degree Requirements Withdrawal and Tuition Refund Policy Administrative PoliciesChange of AddressChange of Name Class Cancellations and Notification Consensual Sexual Relationships with Antioch Employees Official Communications to Enrolled Students Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault Student Rights & Responsibilities and the Judicial Process Campus Resources & Academic Support PoliciesAcademic Computer/Technology RequirementAccessibility for Students with Disabilities Bookstore Campus Security Information Career Services Drug-Free Policy Fax Machine Holiday Policy Library Mailboxes Medical Facilities Parking Pets Phone & Student Calls Psychological Services Center Room Requests Safety & Emergency Procedures Smoking Policy Student Health Insurance Student Identification Cards Student Lounge Technology Mission Statement Financial PoliciesComprehensive FeeFinancial Aid: Federal Work Study Financial Aid: Satisfactory Progress/Good Academic Standing Financial Aid: Student Employment/Work Study Financial Aid: Student Loans Financial Aid: Suspension of Financial Aid Laboratory Fee Liability Insurance Fee Student Consumer Information Tuition, Billing, and Payment Information Veterans' Benefits Academic & Enrollment PoliciesAcademic Dishonesty & PlagiarismAs a community of scholar-practioners, Antioch New England seeks to live and promote the principles of academic integrity. Accordingly, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty are causes for concern and 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 paraphrasing others’ ideas as well. 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. Advanced Standing: Overview
Please Note: Students without Bachelor’s degrees must take a full 36, 40, 50 or 60 program as a matriculated student. Special Student credits earned will not be eligible for inclusion in the degree program. Advanced Standing: Fees for Assessment of Advanced Standing
Advanced Standing: Prior Learning CreditPrior Learning DefinedPrior learning from life experience must meet a minimum of two initial tests:
Prior learning is acquired from a variety of experiences, including:
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 & Documentation:Students who seek credit for learning derived from life experience must be able both to document their experience and 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
Step II: Completion of PlanOnce the advanced standing plan has been given final approval by the department chairperson, you:
Step III: Approval of CreditThe chairperson of your department will review the portfolio and, as a general rule, will seek the counsel and review of faculty who have the requisite qualifications to evaluate your work, and make a final determination in the award of credit. Advanced Standing: Responsibilities of Participants
Advanced Standing: Timing of Applying for Advanced StandingStudents 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. Advanced Standing: Transfer CreditFor 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):
Advanced Standing: Transfer Credit vs. Waiver of Course RequirementsA student usually transfers in coursework from other institutions with two objectives in mind: first, to take fewer courses at Antioch 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 New England (40, 50 or 60). 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 course descriptions published each semester) to have the waived course dropped from your schedule. AdvisingOn entering a degree program, you will be assigned an advisor, who is a faculty member of your department. Though we are committed to remaining small enough so 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 approve your registration form 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. Attendance & ResidenceStudents are expected to attend all scheduled classes (we keep our enrollment 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 the Graduate School. 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. Change of ProgramIf you wish to change your degree program once you have been admitted to Antioch 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 schedule 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. Course Crediting: Course Crediting Policies OverviewAntioch New England uses a credit/no credit system supplemented by faculty evaluation of four dimensions of your learning in all courses, SIS’s, and master’s projects. The four dimensions evaluated are:
One of the following evaluative descriptors will be assigned in each of the four dimensions assessed:
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. Course Crediting: Deadlines for Submission of Required Work
The instructor then evaluates your work in accordance with the learning objectives stated in the course syllabus, and takes one of the following steps:
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. Course Crediting: Extension of Verification DeadlinesUnless 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 each academic program’s 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 PolicyThe 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 7 years from time of entry to complete all degree requirements, including dissertations. Course Crediting: Internship/Practicum Crediting PoliciesInternships and practica are evaluated on four dimensions:
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 V-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. Course Crediting: No CreditYou will receive No Credit (NC) if:
Course Crediting: Reversals of no-credit assignmentAssignments 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:
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 permanently affixed to the student record and may not be changed for any reason. Course Crediting: Second ExtensionsThe school recognizes that in certain exceptional cases there may be 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 ExtensionSuch 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. Credit Requirements
PsyD Credit Requirements (Totals Per Year)*
Department of Clinical Psychology
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| Date COS Received by Registrar | Amount of Tuition Owed |
| Prior to first day of the semester (as defined in the academic calendar) |
0% |
| During Weeks 1-8 | Amount based on % of semester completed |
| After Week 8 | 100% |
| Date COS Received by Registrar | Amount of Tuition Owed |
| Prior to first day of the semester (as defined in the academic calendar) |
0% |
| During Weeks 1-5 | Amount based on % of semester completed |
| After Week 5 | 100% |
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.
Addtional Interim And Leave Of Absence Policies for Doctoral Students (PsyD and PhD)
Doctoral students are required to complete a minimum of 4 years of full time study and pay 4 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:
You are required to earn a specific portion of your degree credits through demonstration of learning derived from a supervised internship or practica 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 New England’s internship or practicum component in all degree programs:
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.
For doctoral level internship/practicum guidelines, see departmental handbook detailing these guidelines.
Degree Candidacy Review provides Antioch 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 Academic Dean 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:
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 Education Department at Antioch University New England (ANE) 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 ANE campus in Keene during the summer term. Once an off-campus Experienced Educator site is launched, Antioch 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.
Prior learning from life experience must meet a minimum of two initial tests:
Prior learning is acquired from a variety of experiences, including:
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.
Students who seek credit for learning derived from life experience must be able both to document their experience and 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.
Once the advanced standing plan has been given final approval by the department chairperson, you:
The chairperson of your department will review the portfolio and, as a general rule, will seek the counsel and review of faculty who have the requisite qualifications to evaluate your work, and make a final determination in the award of credit.
If you have withdrawn from Antioch New England, and wish to reenter the same degree and program within five years of withdrawing, you must:
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 to the graduate school. 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 exsistence 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.
Students who register for credit have priority for admission to classes over students who register for audits.
Students may change at any time during the semester from credit to audit only if there is or was no waiting list for the course.
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 - during the Summer and Fall semesters, by accessing online web registration. If the course you wish is full, you may add your name to the waiting list.
Any changes to your schedule (this includes audits), must be done by you online on myAntioch, as your transcript is derived from your registration form 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 1 calendar year from the end of the semester in which the course appears. After one year, no requests for changes will be considered.
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 pass your orals prior to the first day of classes, and 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 ANE.
Students may add a course through online web registration on myAntioch. Full instructions are available in the ANE Guide to Online Web Registration.
| The deadlines for adding are: | |
| Full semester courses: | |
| Fall & Spring: | Third Friday of the semester |
| Summer: | Second Friday of the semester |
| All other partial semester courses: | Before the first meeting |
Courses, workshops, internships, practica, and independent studies may all be dropped through online web registration on myAntioch. Full instructions are available in the ANE Guide to Online Web Registration.
| The deadlines for Official Drops are: | |
| Full semester courses: | |
| Fall & Spring: | Third Friday of the semester |
| Summer: | Second Friday of the semester |
| All other courses: | One week before the course begins |
Courses dropped after the official deadlines up through the last day of classes will be considered Withdrawal After Drop Deadline (WD), remain on your academic record.
WD drops 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 (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 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.
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, (available in the Registrar’s Office), 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:
| Date COS Received by Registrar | Amount of Tuition Owed |
| Prior to first day of the semester (as defined in the academic calendar) |
0% |
| During Weeks 1-8 | Amount based on % of semester completed |
| After Week 8 | 100% |
| Date COS Received by Registrar | Amount of Tuition Owed |
| Prior to first day of the semester (as defined in the academic calendar) |
0% |
| During Weeks 1-5 | Amount based on % of semester completed |
| After Week 5 | 100% |
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.
Addtional Interim And Leave Of Absence Policies for Doctoral Students (PsyD and PhD)
Doctoral students are required to complete a minimum of 4 years of full time study and pay 4 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:
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 for performing the research and writing necessary for work on the dissertation.
In order to be eligible for a 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 candidates whose programs require them to do a master’s project, or those who elect to do so, are expected to register for Master’s Project credit by their last expected semester in the program:
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.
Students who matriculated prior to Summer ’07 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 ’07 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, if you are a financial aid recipient for that term, the amount will be returned to the lending institution.
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 the registration deadline.
Tuition bills will be sent from the Student Accounts Office at least three weeks prior to the registration deadline. Upon completion of payment arrangements, students will be financially cleared to access registration. 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 incoming students on accessing course selection instructions, course listings and the ANE Online Web Registration Guide.
Instructions for accessing and completing online (web) registration 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. 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.
To register, your student account must be in good standing. 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.
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 audit, and internship or practicum.
You will be registered for Supervised Independent Studies (SISs) if the Registrar’s Office receives your faculty approved contract by the required deadlines (see section on SISs).
Please Note: Classes with fewer than ten students will be subject to cancellation at the discretion of Department Chairpersons. Students affected will be notified.
Credits earned at Antioch 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 his designee.
Courses taken more than five years before matriculation are not eligible for inclusion in the degree program.
Special student courses considered as part of a non-BA applicant’s admissions portfolio cannot be counted toward fulfillment of degree requirements.
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 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 12 credits verified. Extended master’s students must have a minimum of 7 credits verified. Students who miss their first expected graduation date should be aware that repayment of Stafford Loans will be based on the date of less-than-half-time status, not the next expected 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 24 credits verified. Extended students must have 14 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 ha