Educational Guarantees

Morton College has established an educational guarantee policy (approved April 1993) for transfer courses and career programs.

Transferability Guarantee – Morton College guarantees the acceptance of all transfer courses at 4-year, public Illinois colleges and universities for students who complete the Associate in Arts or Associate in Science Degree. If the terms noted below are met and a specific course or courses do not transfer, Morton College will refund the tuition paid by the student at the time the course(s) was/were taken. To qualify, any claims must be submitted within one calendar year of graduation from Morton College.

Terms

All guaranteed course work must be completed at Morton College.
All course work must be completed within three years prior to graduation.
Transfer status of individual courses is based upon the receiving college’s or university’s agreement with Morton at the time of the student’s graduation.
The student must have attained acceptable grades in individual courses as defined by the receiving university.
The student must have met with an authorized Morton College advisor and declared a major and transfer college or university prior to taking the courses under guarantee. Only those courses approved in writing by the authorized counselor are guaranteed transferable, and these courses are guaranteed to transfer as general education electives unless the counselor has specifically authorized them as meeting distributive general education or major area requirements.

Career Program Guarantee – Morton College guarantees that career program graduates can be expected to perform competently in positions for which their degrees or certificates are intended to prepare them. An employer who perceives that a Morton College graduate does not possess appropriate entry-level skills encompassed in the degree or certificate program, and can specify such deficiencies, may request that the student be permitted to retake a specific course or courses for up to nine credit hours without additional tuition charges. If the terms noted below are met, Morton College agrees to provide up to nine tuition-free credit hours in a career program degree or certificate curricula.

Terms

The graduate must have earned the A.A.S. degree or certificate beginning May 1993 or thereafter in a career program identified in the college catalog.
All guaranteed program coursework must be completed at Morton College with a grade of “C” or better.
The graduate must have completed the A.A.S. degree within a four-year timespan or the certificate within a two-year time span.
Graduates must be employed full-time in an entry level position for which the A.A.S degree or certificate is intended to prepare students. (Determination that the position falls within the terms of the guarantee may occur when the gradate initiates the career program guarantee as noted in #12 below.)
Employment must commence within 6 months of graduation.
The employer must certify in writing within 90 days of the graduate’s initial employment that the employee is lacking entry-level skills consistent with the position(s) for which the A.A.S. or certificate is intended to prepare students.
The student, program coordinator, and instructor, in consultation with the employer and/or division dean, will develop a written educational plan for retraining.
Retraining will be limited to nine credit hours related to the identified skill deficiency and to those classes regularly scheduled during the period covered by the retraining plan.
The graduate and/or employer is responsible for the cost of books, insurance, uniforms, fees, and other course-related expenses.
The guarantee does not imply that the graduate will pass any licensing or qualifying examination for a particular career.
The student’s sole remedy against the District and its employees for skill deficiencies shall be limited to nine credit hours of tuition-free education under conditions described above.
The career program remedy can be initiated through a written communication with the Office of the Provost.

Note: This guarantee applies to software releases and vendor-specific equipment used in the courses at the time the student enrolled in the course. The College is not responsible for guaranteeing student competency in subsequent releases of software or revised or new equipment. Likewise, the College is not responsible for guaranteeing student knowledge or skills that will be introduced in the future, or guaranteeing student knowledge or skills when non-academic problems cause the deficient performance.