Student consumer information
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) requires postsecondary institutions participating in federal student aid programs to make certain disclosures to enrolled and prospective students, parents, employees and the public.
The links below provide quick access to this information.
General information
- Academic calendar
- Accreditation for Carl Sandburg College and educational programs
- Academic programs
- Academic program improvement plans
- Campus map, parking, directions
- Career development
- College Navigator — Carl Sandburg College
- Disability support
- Educational agreements
- Faculty
- Intercollegiate athletic program participation rates & financial support data
- Mission, vision, values
- Professional licensure disclosure
- Student activities
- Student body diversity and enrollment
- Student profile
- Student Success Guide
- Textbook information
- Transfer & proficiency credit guide
- Transferring credits to/from common four-year colleges & universities
- Veteran services
- Voter registration
Health & safety
- Campus safety annual report
- Emergency preparedness
- Emergency/weather closing & delay timing & procedures
- Public safety
- Vaccination policies
Policies & procedures
- Academic dishonesty
- Computer acceptable use policy
- Copyright infringement policies and sanctions
- Drug and alcohol abuse prevention program
- Out-of-state student complaint procedure
- Privacy of student records: Family Educational Right & Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Student complaint procedures
- Student conduct
- Study abroad
- Title IX
Student financial assistance
- Assistance available from federal, state, local and institutional programs
- Code of conduct for educational loans
- Cost of attendance
- College score card
- Drug-related offenses and penalties
- Entrance counseling for student loan borrowers
- Exit counseling for student loan borrowers
- Losing financial aid
- National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
- Net price calculator
- Notice of federal student financial aid penalties for drug law violation
- Refund policy
- Return of Title IV aid — Students who do not complete the term
- Scholarships
- State grant assistance
- Student financial aid information
- Study abroad financial aid opportunities
- Student loan information
- Using financial aid to buy books
- U.S. Department of Education student loan information
Student outcomes
- Gainful employment
- Graduation and transfer-out rates
- Graduation rates for students receiving athletically related student aid
- career services
- Retention rate
- Transfer-out rates for students receiving athletically related student aid
- Intercollegiate athletic program participation rates and financial support data
Persons responsible to provide consumer information
If you need additional assistance in obtaining information about the school, consumer information or would prefer a paper copy of any materials, contact one of the following departments:
- Student Services: 309.341.5237
- Financial Aid Office: 309.341.5283
- Security/Dispatch: 309.341.5304
Notice of availability of institutional and financial aid information to enrolled students
In compliance with federal law, Carl Sandburg College annually distributes to each enrolled student notice of the availability of the information that is required to be made available to students under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and for Consumer Information under HEA Sec. 485(a)(1), Sec. 485(f), Sec. 485(g), [Sec. 485(h)] and Sec.485(j) and as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA).
The notice is distributed annually to all enrolled students and contains a brief description of the various disclosures and how to obtain the full disclosures. The notification method is via individual Sandburg student emails directing students to view the dedicated Consumer Information page. Sandburg will provide a paper copy of any of the Consumer Information listed on the above webpage and its links, upon request.
To request additional information or a paper copy, email finaid@sandburg.edu, or mail a letter to Sandburg Financial Aid, 2400 Tom Wilson Blvd, Galesburg, IL 61401.