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DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICY

DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICY

DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICY

  1. Distance Education will not be utilized as a method of delivery of clinical instruction in which the student is to perform practical applications on a live model and/or client.
  2. The interaction with the instructor will be validated by regular measurable participation (clock hours) in the academic program. Participation will be documented within a log of all student activity comprised of (at a minimum) a record of regular and substantive interaction between student(s) and instructor(s).
  3. A distance education assessment of student performance will be conducted on-campus by a qualified instructor at least once monthly with respect to any distance education completed within the preceding month.
  4. Upon completion of all curriculum requirements, the student must pass a comprehensive Academic and Practical final exam (which shall be administered on-campus) to include any applicable competencies required by the State licensure agency prior to graduation from the program.
  5. All transcripts or other documents, (official or unofficial), listing academic attainment received will identify the distance education component.
  6. Prior to enrollment, students are provided with a disclaimer that academic achievement earned via distance education may not be accepted for reciprocity or eligible for licensure in other states. A signed and dated copy of this disclosure will be found in the student file.

In addition, the modules used for Distance Education will be the program’s eBook Milady CIMA web portal (www.miladycima.com/) or similar applications.  Online attendance will be facilitated through Zoom® Online Meetings, GoogleMeet® or similar application.  

Students will be advised before the institution engages in Distance Education regarding the modules used, the schedule, how to report to the institution, how the clock hours for theory instruction will be allocated, and how the students will be assessed. 

The contents of distance education and the approximate number of applicable hours are detailed in the Course Student inserts found within this catalog. 

Students have the option of 100% on campus (in-person) and no online/distance education.