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1411 Ellis Avenue
Ashland, WI 54806-3999
(715) 682-1699

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Consumer Information

As a Northland College student, you will find information and tools below that are will aid in your successful experience at Northland. The U.S. Department of Education requires that all colleges annually provide notice regarding the availability of the consumer information listed below. Please contact the department responsible with questions, concerns or requests for paper copies.

General Information

Northland College integrates liberal arts studies with an environmental emphasis, enabling those it serves to address the challenges of the future.

General Information about Northland College - Maintained by Marketing & Communications

Academics

Providing Academic Excellence in a transforming learning community of faculty, students, and the broader region. Academic excellence includes rigor in thinking, integrity in the search for truth, discipline in study, and flexibility in building the conceptual frameworks necessary for understanding the world’s systems using the wisdom and perspectives of many different disciplines and cultures.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act - Maintained by Office of Registar. FERPA information can be found in the Student Life section of the course catalog. Download the Course Catalog (.pdf)

Student Right-To-Know Act - Maintained by Office of Registar
Grad rates can send to: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

Copyright Infringement - Maintained by Academic Affairs

Student Body Diversity - Maintained by the Office of Student Life

Information on the student body and retention rates can be found at: http://nces.ed.gov/

Transfer of Credit Policies - Maintained by the Office of Registrar

Information can be found in the Course Catalog on pages 142 & 143.

Articulation Information - Maintained by the Office of Registrar

Information can be found in the course catalog on page 142.

Financial Aid

At Northland College, the Financial Aid Office is ready to work with you to make this investment affordable. We offer our students many forms of financial aid, from federal, state and private scholarships and grants to campus employment to student loans.

Financial Assistance Information - Maintained by the Office of Financial Aid

Drug Conviction Consequences while receiving Title IV Financial Aid - Maintained by the Office of Financial Aid

Educational Loans Code of Conduct - Maintained by the Office of Financial Aid
Sections 487(a)(25) and 487(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, require the development, administration, and enforcement of a code of conduct governing educational loan activities. Officers, employees, trustees and agents-including the alumni association, booster club and other organizations associated with Northland College agree to the provisions of this Code of Conduct and will refrain from:

Packaging private educational loans in a student's financial aid award, except under certain conditions.
Accepting impermissible gifts, goods, or services from a lender, lender servicer, or guarantor. Northland College may accept certain services, materials or other items of a nominal value.
Accepting philanthropic contributions from a lender, lender servicer, or guarantor that are related to the educational loans provided by the lender, lender servicer, or guarantor.
Serving on or otherwise participating as a member of an advisory council for a lender, lender affiliate, or lender servicer.
Accepting from a lender or its affiliate any fee, payment, or other financial benefit as compensation for any type of consulting arrangement or other contract to provide education loan-related services to or on behalf of the lender.
Accepting fees or other benefits in exchange for endorsing a lender or the lender's loan products.

Northland College is committed to providing the information and resources necessary to help every student achieve educational success. To accomplish this goal the financial aid staff will consider each student's individual needs.

Campus Safety and Support

Campus Safety is provided to Northland College by Midwest Patrol. Midwest Patrol is responsible for responding to all campus safety calls, Monday through Friday between the hours of noon and 7 a.m. Weekend campus coverage by Midwest Patrol is 24/7. Campus Safety can be reached by calling their office (ext. 1399) or from off-campus at 682-1399. All fire alarms and emergencies will be responded to by Campus Safety.

Campus Safety and Security Information - Maintained by Office of Student Life

Clery Act Information - Maintained by the Office of Student Life
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act, known as the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act. The "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990", mandates the disclosure of campus security policies, and statistics of reported crimes.

Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Abuse Information - Maintained by Office of Student Life

Emergency Alert System - Maintained by Office of Student Life

Missing Persons Policy - Maintained by Office of Student Life

Athletics

The College has available to current students, prospective students, and the public, upon request, a report in compliance with federal regulations outlining athletic participation rates, financial support, and other information on men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic programs at Northland. The Athletic Department has this report available on October 1 each year. It is available electronically (along with other college/university EADA reports) at the U.S. Department of Education Web site at: http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/GetOneInstitutionData.aspx.

Equity in Athletics Report - Maintained by Office of Registar

Career Resources

The Career and Community Services Office at Northland College offers a variety of assistance with career planning and development throughout your time here. Our purpose is to help students reach their professional goals in helping with resume and cover letter development, job search strategies and interviewing techniques. We also provide information on internships and pre-professional experience as well as graduate school.

Job Placement - Maintained by Office of Student Life
Many schools send the viewer to college navigator. - http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

Sustainability

At Northland College, sustainability is all about people. We believe that environmental change requires more than technical knowledge of renewable energy, ecosystems, and sustainable business practices; it demands an exploration of human nature-an exploration of ourselves. We focus on environmental leadership throughout the student experience at Northland. For questions or more information about campus sustainability, contact Allison Mills by calling (715) 682-1492 or email amills@northland.edu.