Students Rights and Responsibilities
As a Student You Have the Right to Ask Bevill State...
- The names of our accrediting and licensing organizations. You also have the right to ask for a copy of the documents describing the institution’s accreditation and licensing.
- About our programs, our instructional, laboratory and other physical facilities, and our faculty
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- About the cost of attending Bevill State and our policy on refunds to students who drop out.
- What financial assistance is made available to students, including information on all federal, state, local, private and institutional financial assistance programs.
- How financial assistance recipients are selected.
- How the college determines your financial need. This process includes how costs for tuition and fees, room and board, travel, books and supplies, and personal and miscellaneous expenses are considered in your cost of education. It also includes the resources considered in calculating your need (such as parental contribution, other financial assistance, assets, etc.).
- How much of your financial need as determined by Bevill State has been met.
- How and when you will receive your financial assistance.
- To explain each type and amount of assistance in your financial assistance package.
- If you’re offered a Federal Work-Study Program job – what kind of job it is, what hours you must work, what your duties will be, what the rate of pay will be, and how and when you’ll be paid.
- To reconsider your financial assistance package, if you believe a mistake has been made, or if your enrollment or financial circumstances have changed.
- How the college determines whether or not you’re making satisfactory progress and what happens if you’re not.
- What special facilities and services are available for the disabled.
As a Student it is Your Responsibility to...
- Review and consider all information about Bevill State’s programs before you enroll.
- Pay special attention to your application for student financial assistance.
- Know all the deadlines for applying and reapplying for assistance, and to meet them.
- Contact the Office of Financial Assistance to determine if you need to submit additional documents.
- Provide all documentation, corrections and/or new information requested by either the Director of Financial Assistance or the agency to which you submitted your application.
- Provide all documentation, corrections and/or new information requested by either the Director of Financial Assistance or the agency to which you submitted your application.
- Notify the Office of Financial Assistance if any information has changed since you last applied for financial assistance.
- Read, understand, and keep copies of all forms you’re asked to sign.
- Repay any student loans you have. When you sign a promissory note, you’re agreeing to pay your loan.
- Notify the Office of Financial Assistance of a change in your name, address, or attendance status (half-time, three-quarter time, or full-time). If you have a loan, you must notify your lender of these changes.
- Satisfactorily perform the work agreed upon in a Federal Work-Study Program job.
- Understand Bevill State’s refund policy. Also, check with the Business Office to find our what expenses you may have to pay if you withdraw.
