4.6 Capacity Components for Program Quality:
PRACTICES AND POLICIES

The institution that offers the program must publish in its catalog, or other appropriate documents distributed to students, information that fairly and accurately describes the program, policies, and procedures directly affecting admitted students in the program; charges and refund policies; grading policies; and the academic credentials of faculty members and administrators.

As part of its audit, TEAC examines the program catalog, Web pages, or other descriptive publications (including those that contain the program’s academic calendar, a list of faculty teaching in the program, and a description of the program’s history and guiding philosophy) to ensure that they are both accurate and consistent with the claims made in the Brief.

4.6.1 Admissions and mentoring policies must encourage the recruitment and retention of diverse students with demonstrated potential as professional educators, and must respond to the nation’s need for qualified individuals to serve in high-demand areas and locations.

4.6.2 The program or institution must distribute an academic calendar to students. The academic calendar must list the beginning and end dates of terms, holidays, and examination periods.

4.6.3 Claims made by the program in its published materials must be accurate and supported with evidence. Claims made in the Inquiry Brief or Inquiry Brief Proposal regarding the program must be consistent with, and inclusive of, claims made about the program that appear in the institution’s catalog, mission statements, and other promotional literature.

4.6.4 The program must have a fair, equitable, and published grading policy. (This policy may also be the institution’s grading policy.)

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