Responsible Unit: Enrollment Services | Executive lead: Provost Created: 5/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 3/7/2018, 9/11/2020, 4/4/2023 | Effective: 5/9/2023 Compliance: 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99 COCA 9.2, NWCCU 2.G.2, CAPTE 3G, 4L, and 5B, CODA 2-1 and 4-7, ACOTE A.4.4 and A.4.8 Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Institution-wide Policy: Grades are determined by well-designed assessment…Continue Reading Student Grades/Grading Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Credit for Experience Policy
Responsible Unit: Enrollment Services | Executive lead: Provost Created: 5/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 1/9/2024 | Effective: 1/9/2024 Compliance: NWCCU 1.C.8, NWCCU 2.C.3, CODA 4-3 Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Local: Students Policy: PNWU does not grant advanced standing or credit based upon experience prior to or outside of the PNWU academic program. Definitions: Experiential learning: includes but is…Continue Reading Student Credit for Experience Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Credit by Examination Policy
Responsible Unit: Enrollment Services | Executive Lead: Provost Created: 5/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 3/2018; 2/14/2023 | Effective: 2/14/2023 Compliance NWCCU 2.C.3, 2.D.2, ACOTE A.3.2, COCA 9.3Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Institution-wide Policy: Academic programs may grant credit by examination in appropriate course(s) to students presenting extraordinary admission credentials according to clearly defined, easily accessible, published policies in the…Continue Reading Student Credit by Examination Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Complaints of Program Integrity Policy
Responsible Unit: Provost Office | Executive lead: Provost Created: 7/1/2014 | Reviewed/Revised: 1/23/2018, 1/5/2023 | Effective: 1/19/2023 Compliance: 34 CFR 600.9, NWCCU 2.C.2, 2.D.2, COCA 2.4, CAPTE 3G Approving Body: PPC | Classification: Local: Students Policy: Pursuant to the United States Department of Education’s Program Integrity Rule, 34 CFR 600.9, a student may file a complaint against Pacific…Continue Reading Student Complaints of Program Integrity Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Clinical Experiences Policy
Responsible Unit: Provost Office | Executive lead: Provost Created: 03/28/2018 | Reviewed/Revised: 01/2021, 09/29/2023, 2/16/2024 | Effective: 3/15/2024Compliance: NWCCU 1.C.9; COCA 5.4, 6.9, and 6.11 Approving Body: PPC | Classification: Local: Students Policy:Clinical education field experiences such as internships, rotations, clerkships, or other sanctioned clinical education field activities shall be supervised by health care providers who have…Continue Reading Student Clinical Experiences Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Attendance Policy
Responsible Unit: Enrollment Services | Executive lead: Provost Created: 5/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 4/19/2019, 4/4/2023 | Effective: 5/9/2023 Compliance: RCW 28B.10.270 (1)(c), COCA 9.2, NWCCU 2.C.2, 2.G.2 Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Institution-wide Policy: Attendance is required at activities indicated in the course syllabus as mandatory. Failure to attend mandatory activities will result in consequences as described in the…Continue Reading Student Attendance Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Admission Policy
Responsible Unit: Enrollment Services | Executive lead: Provost Created: 5/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 1/31/2018, 1/3/2023 | Effective: 1/11/2023 Compliance: NWCCU 2.C.3, 2.G.2, 34 CFR 600.4(a)(2), 668.14(b)22, 668.18, 688.25, 668.41, 668.71, COCA 9.1, ACOTE A.1.4, A.3.1, A.3.2, A.4.8, CAPTE 2B1, 4L, 5A, 5C, CODA 4-1 to 4-4 Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Institution-wide Policy:PNWU seeks to admit students compatible with…Continue Reading Student Admission Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Academic Progress Policy
Responsible Unit: Enrollment Services | Executive lead: Provost Created: 05/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 07/12/2018, 09/02/2020, 05/18/2023 | Effective: 06/13/2023 Compliance: HEA Sec 484(c), 34 CFR 668.16(e), 668.32(f), 668.34; COCA 6.3, COCA 9.2, CAPTE 5E, ACOTE A.3.5, A.4.4, A.4.6, A.4.7, CODA 2-2 Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Local: Students Policy: Each academic program is responsible for setting academic standards to detail…Continue Reading Student Academic Progress Policy
(This is a "Page")Student Academic Advising Policy
Responsible Unit: Student Affairs| Executive lead: Provost Created: 05/2008 | Reviewed/Revised: 07/01/2018, 2/10/2021 | Effective: 07/01/2021 Compliance: WAC 250-61-110(1), COCA 9.5, NWCCU 2.G.6 Approving Body: PPC | Classification: Local: Students Policy: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences provides academic advising for all enrolled students to support student development and success. Notifications are made to the student, their academic…Continue Reading Student Academic Advising Policy
(This is a "Page")Strategic Planning Policy
Responsible Unit: OIIE | Executive lead: President Created: 11/22/2011 | Reviewed/Revised: 1/2013; 9/2013; 12/2022 | Effective: 1/20/2023 Compliance: NWCCU 2.C.12 Approving Body: BOT | Classification: Institution-wide Policy: This policy describes how the Board of Trustees and University will oversee the strategic plan for the University to ensure compliance with NWCCU Standards 1.B.1, 1.B.3, and 1.B.4. Through the strategic…Continue Reading Strategic Planning Policy