Mandated Federal Policies

 

Clery Act (formerly the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act)

《九州娱乐官网》由公众事务总署出版 Safety and may be obtained upon request. This report, which contains safety tips, 我们最新的罪案统计数字及其他重要资料，均于 October 1st each year.  A link to this report can be found on the Department of Public Safety homepage.

Copyright Policy

All members of the College community are expected to comply with the Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17, U.S. Code) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. The Copyright Act provides protection to the authors of original works including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. Copyright is defined as the exclusive right of the creator to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute, perform, display, sell, lend, or rent his or her creations and to authorize others to do so. All tangible forms 知识表达的所有形式都受到版权法的保护，包括所有印刷品， digital, media, performances, and computer software.

The complete Washington College Copyright Policy can be found at http://u0tei2yz.wedmexico.com/wc/offices/miller-library/copyright/. 学生们应该熟悉政策并理解他们的 按政策规定的职责，了解自己的职责 根据政策的规定，特别是关于下载和分享 media and data files.

 Students whose actions violate the College’s Copyright Policy may be referred to the Honor Board for infractions of the Honor Code and also subject to civil and criminal action with the risk of significant penalties. Penalties for violation of federal 对包括《九州娱乐官网》在内的版权法进行了总结 below.

Summary of Civil and Criminal Penalties for Violation of Federal Copyright Laws

 Copyright infringement is the act of exercising, without permission or legal authority, 根据版权授予版权所有人的一项或多项专有权 Act of 1976 (Title 17, U.S. Code). These rights include the right to reproduce or distribute a copyrighted work. In the file-sharing context, downloading or uploading 未经授权的版权作品的实质性部分构成侵权. Penalties for copyright infringement include civil and criminal penalties. In general, anyone found liable for civil copyright infringement may be ordered to pay either 实际损害赔偿或“法定”损害赔偿，不少于750元，不多于 $30,000 per work infringed. For “willful” infringement, a court may award up to $150,000 per work infringed. A court can, in its discretion, also assess costs and attorneys’ fees.

For more information, please see the website of the U.S. Copyright Office at http://www.copyright.gov/, especially their FAQ’s at www.copyright.gov/help/faq.

The Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

无毒学校和社区法案要求任何机构接受联邦 funds to certify that the institution has adopted and implemented a program to prevent the use of illegal drugs and the abuse of alcohol by students and employees. Information about Washington College’s alcohol policies, health risks, and campus resources addressing alcohol or substance use can be found in the “Student Conduct and Judicial Procedures” section of this handbook.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 

For the full content of the College’s Record Release Policy, please visit http://u0tei2yz.wedmexico.com/wc/offices/registrar/record-release-policy.php

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as amended 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 45 days of the day the College receives a request for access.

学生应向学院注册主任提交一份书面请求，说明 the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. The College Registrar will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. 如果这些记录不是由教务长办公室维护的，学院教务长 shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.

The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA. 

希望要求学院修改记录的学生应写信给学院 注册主任(或保存有关记录的其他学院官员) 注册官办公室是否保存记录)，清楚标明部分 the record the student wants changed, and specify why it should be changed.

If the College decides not to amend the record as requested, it will notify the student 以书面形式说明决定和学生就请求举行听证会的权利 for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.

The right to provide written consent before the College discloses personally identifiable information (PII) from the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.

The College discloses education records without a student’s prior written consent under the FERPA exception for disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the College in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the College has contracted to provide a service instead of using College employees or officials (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Visitors and Governors; 或在官方委员会任职的学生，如纪律或申诉 committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks.

A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review 为履行其专业职责而提供的教育记录 the College.

如有要求，学院会在未经官方同意的情况下公开教育记录 of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll. Washington College will honor such requests.

The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the College to comply with the requirements of FERPA.

鼓励学生与学院教务处(作为教务处)讨论他们的担忧 College’s official custodian of records). Should the student decide to file a complaint against Washington College for a potential violation of their rights under 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 

As of January 3, 2012, the U.S. Department of Education’s FERPA regulations expand the circumstances under which your education records and personally identifiable information (PII)包含在这些记录中-包括你的社会安全号码，成绩，或 other private information – may be accessed without your consent.

First, the U.S. Comptroller General, the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Secretary of Education, or state and local education authorities (“Federal and State Authorities”) may allow access to your records and PII without your consent to any third party designated 由联邦或州当局评估联邦或州支持的教育 program. The evaluation may relate to any program that is “principally engaged in 提供教育，如早期儿童教育和职业培训 well as any program that is administered by an education agency or institution.

其次，联邦和州当局可能允许查阅你的教育记录和 PII without your consent to researchers performing certain types of studies, in certain cases even when the College objects to or does not request such research. Federal and State Authorities must obtain certain use-restrictions and data security promises 从他们授权的实体接收您的PII，但当局需要 not maintain direct control over such entities.

In addition, in connection with Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, State Authorities may collect, compile, permanently retain, and share without your consent PII from 你的教育记录，他们可以跟踪你在教育和其他方面的参与 programs by linking such PII to other personal information about you that they obtain from other Federal and State data sources, including workforce development, unemployment insurance, child welfare, juvenile justice, military service, and migrant student records systems.

Directory Information and Privacy

九州娱乐官网的学生被授予了一种自动的隐私期望 education records through FERPA. The law says that once a student begins postsecondary study, the College can only release his or her education records directly to the student, upon his or her written request. By law, the College may only provide information from a student’s education records when requested by a parent or guardian if the student consents to that release in writing or if the parent or guardian provides us with proof of the student’s financial dependency (usually substantiated by a certified copy of the most recent Federal Income Tax Form). All entering students will have the opportunity to opt in 并让家长/监护人在一开始就能看到他们的教育记录 of their Washington College academic career.

Certain information from a student’s education records is considered directory information under FERPA. The College may release the following directory information to parents, guardians, and/or third parties without prior consent from the student:

• Student name
• Graduation dates
• Award
• Campus box number
• Expected graduation dates
• Honors
• Campus phone number
• Previous institutions attended
• Honor Societies
• Hometown and State
• Cell phone number
• Permanent address
• Home phone number
• Email address
• Major(s) and Minor(s)
• Concentrations
• Dates of attendance
• Specialization(s)
• Full/part-time status
• Degrees
• Class year

For Athletes:

• Participation in officially recognized sports
• Photograph
• Height
• Weight

向第三方发布这些信息通常被视为对学生有利. For example, the College can verify the current student status or graduation information 贷款服务机构、潜在雇主或提供学生的公司 discount, or can share students’ honors and accomplishments with their hometown newspapers and other media outlets. Nonetheless, FERPA provides an opportunity for students to restrict the dissemination of directory information. Instructions on how to opt out will be supplied to all entering students. Should the student decide to withhold his or her directory information from release, all future requests from non-Washington College persons and organizations will be refused.

In general, the College does not honor blanket requests from third parties for directory information about its current student population. However, the College does publish in the online student directory each student’s name, email address, campus box number, and campus phone number. Access to this directory is restricted to members of the Washington College community.

Decisions made by entering students about allowing parental/guardian access or restricting the release of directory information remain in effect for the duration of the student’s matriculation at Washington College unless otherwise revoked by filing a written request with the Registrar’s Office. The College will honor each student’s most recent privacy preference after he or she graduates or withdraws.

Requesting Student Records

Students interested in inspecting their educational records kept in the Student Affairs 办公室(住房和行为记录)应在网上提交申请表格: http://washcoll.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08nPu0sljwrwfDn or in person at the Student Affairs Office.

Requests for transcripts or other academic records should be requested through the Registrar’s Office as described below in the section on “Transcript Requests”.

Transcript Requests

Online

Washington College uses an online transcript ordering service.  Students can visit http://www.credentials-inc.com/cgi-bin/dvcgitp.pgm?alumtro002108 to order their official transcript.  Among the many features of this online service 是否有能力跟踪记录的每一个步骤，包括交付和 opening of electronic transcripts by the intended recipient.

创建成绩单账户的过程将要求学生提供他们的WC student ID number or their entire Social Security Number. If the student is uncomfortable 共享他们的SSN电子，不知道或记住他们的WC学生ID 号码，他们可以联系注册办公室的工作人员，电话:(410)778-7299 在正常工作时间内，要求协助查询他们的身份证号码.

Federal Law requires a signed (pen-to-paper signature) Consent Form* be returned before orders can be processed by the school. Once received and approved, the Consent Form satisfies the account requirements and does not need to be resubmitted for future orders. The Consent Form is presented at the end of the order. 

*同意书授权本系统作为学生的订购代理 并允许他们的成绩单根据学生的要求公布.

在线订购服务仅适用于在九州娱乐官网就读的学生 1987 to present. Any student who attended prior to 1987 and wishes to request a transcript should contact the Registrar’s Office at 410-778-7299 or via email, [email protected].

In Person

Students may visit the Registrar’s Office in the basement of Bunting Hall to complete a Transcript Request Form.  Transcripts ordered in person will be available for pickup by the student by 4 p.m. the following business day. Pick-up service is free of charge.

Enrollment Verification Requests

In compliance with FERPA, all enrollment verification requests must be made in writing, including a physical signature (pen to paper) of the actual requesting student. Students 应列印、填写、邮寄或传真《九州娱乐官网》至 the Registrar’s Office web page at http://registrar.wedmexico.com/enrollment-verifications.php. Alternately, students may submit the interactive form electronically by providing a digital signature and submitting the completed form from their @wedmexico.com email account. 

The Registrar’s Office will gladly write a letter to any third party stating the student’s academic status and verifying any other information contained on the student’s education record, provided it is factually accurate. Furthermore, Washington College has established 与国家学生信息中心(一个非营利性资源资助)的关系 由教育部(Department of Education)提供，以帮助回应学生注册验证 and degree completion requests automatically. Students may request such verification themselves, or may direct third parties to http://www.enrollmentverify.org to obtain this verification.

Drug Conviction and Financial Aid

 Under the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), students become ineligible for federal student aid funds upon a federal or state conviction of any offense involving the possession or sale of illegal drugs. Federal aid includes Pell grants, SEOG grants, Stafford loans, PLUS loans, Work-study, and Perkins loans.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form asks if the student has ever been convicted of a drug-related offense. Failure to answer the question will automatically disqualify the student from federal financial aid. If a student is convicted 当他或她已经收到联邦援助资金时，学生必须通知学校 Financial Aid Office immediately, will be ineligible for further aid, and also be required to pay back any and all aid received after the conviction.

A conviction is a legal finding of guilt. If a case is dismissed, the prosecutor declined 如果要起诉，案件将被立案，或者该学生将被留校察看 在审判之前，这些都不是定罪，因此，不必报告 on the FAFSA form or to the Financial Aid Office.

 如果一个学生成功地完成了一个合格的戒毒康复计划，他或 she will regain eligibility for student aid funds as of the day the student successfully completes the program. In order for a student’s aid eligibility to be restored, the rehabilitation program must include at least two unannounced drug tests, and be recognized as a federal, state, or local government agency run program. Washington College does not operate a rehabilitation program. A student who enrolls in a rehabilitation program to protect his or her financial aid status will have to do so at his or her own expense. 

The following charts outline the length of time that a student may expect to lose financial aid because of a drug conviction:

Possession of Illegal Drugs

1st Offense	One year from date of conviction
2nd Offense	Two years from date of conviction
3rd & Subsequent Offenses	Indefinite ineligibility from the date of conviction

Sale of Illegal Drugs

1st Offense	Two years from date of conviction
2nd & Subsequent Offenses	Indefinite ineligibility from the date of conviction

NOTICE: Knowingly providing false information on your FAFSA form is considered a crime and can carry a fine up to $10,000. In addition, students who provide false content on the form may also face College judicial sanctions.

Student Handbook Notice

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