Consumer Information

Pursuant to the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, academic institutions must make the following information available to current and prospective students.  

• Academic programs
• Faculty
• Facilities
• Facilities Security
• Accrediting and licensing of the institution
• Available Financial Aid
• Code Of Conduct if participate in Title IV program
• College Navigator – is a free consumer information tool designed to help students, parents, high school counselors, and others search for and obtain information about U.S. postsecondary institutions.  Enter The Boston Conservatory as Name of School to get Boston Conservatory College Navigator information. http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ 
• Copyright and peer-to-peer file sharing issues
• Cost of Attendance
• Tuition and Fees
• Diversity of Student Body (enrolled full time students) Institutions must make available to current and prospective students information about student body diversity, including the percentage of enrolled, full-time students who
• are male;
• are female;
• are a self-identified member of a major racial or ethnic group; and
• receive a Federal Pell Grant.

In Fall 2010, The Boston Conservatory’s student body was made up of the following:

Self Identified Race/Ethnicity:

Pell Grant Recipients                             21% of undergraduates                 

• Drug and alcohol use prevention program
• Drug Free workplace statement (page 23)
• Emergency notification
• Emergency response and evacuation procedures
• Entrance Counseling-Direct Loans
• Exit Counseling – Direct Loans
• Fire safety report
• Graduation and Retention Rates
• For students who began in 2004, the Graduation Rate is 62%
• For first time students pursuing a Bachelors degree, the Retention Rate is 81%.  This percentage represents the number of students who started their degree in Fall 2008 and returned in Fall 2009
• Missing Student Notification Policy and Procedures
• Net Price Calculator – is used to find estimates of a student’s potential federal financial aid.  Institutional aid is not included in the Net Price Calculator. Available by October 2011
• Official withdrawal policies.
• Penalties for Drug Violations (Financial Aid)
  Federal law provides that a student who has been convicted of an offense under any federal or state law involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance during a period of enrollment for which the student was receiving financial aid shall not be eligible to receive any federal or institutional grant, loan, or work assistance during the period beginning on the date of such conviction and ending after the interval specified in the following table.
  If convicted of an offense involving:
  
  

  Possession of a Controlled Substance	Ineligibility Period
  First Offense	1 year
  Second Offense	2 years
  Third Offense	Indefinite
  Sale of a Controlled Substance	Ineligibility Period
  First Offense	2 years
  Second Offense	Indefinite

  A student whose eligibility has been suspended based on a conviction for possession or sale of a controlled substance may resume eligibility before the end of the ineligibility period if:

  1. the student satisfactorily completes a drug rehabilitation program that:
  1. complies with the criteria prescribed in the federal regulations; and
  2. includes two unannounced drug tests;
  2. the student successfully passes two unannounced drug tests conducted by a drug rehabilitation program that complies with the criteria prescribed in the federal regulations; or
  3. the conviction is reversed, set aside, or otherwise rendered nugatory
• Privacy Rights (Family Educational Right to Privacy Act – FERPA)
• Public Safety and Crime Statistics 
• Refund policies
• Return of Federal Title IV Financial Aid requirements
• Services and facilities for students with disabilities
• State grant assistance
• Transfer credit policies
• Vaccination policies