Student Consumer Information and Right To Know

 

The Student Services Office is pleased to provide you this list of information Illinois Valley Community College must disseminate under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Listed below is the type of information IVCC is required to provide and the College offices or materials where the information can be found. Please refer to these “information sources” if you need more information.

General Institutional Information

Student Financial Assistance

For more information, please contact the Financial Aid Office (CTC-101) or call 815-224-0438.

Notice of Availability of Institutional and Financial Aid Information
Federal Student Financial Aid Penalties for Drug Law Violations

Health and Safety

Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations Biennial Review 2022-2024

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program-For more help, please contact:
Campus Security: (815) 224-0314
  • Clery (Campus Security) Act - The annual security report provides information regarding crime statistics, fire safety report, and other important information regarding IVCC's law enforcement.
Emergency Alert System
 
Student accident insurance

IVCC provides accident coverage for all students taking credit classes.

Only accidents that occur in college-sponsored and supervised activities including participants in field trips and internships are covered. Intercollegiate sports are excluded from this plan.  Maximum benefit amount per injury: $10,000. 

Scope of Coverage

All full- and part-time students taking credit classes will be covered for injury which is incurred while the student is:

  • On IVCC’s premises:

    - During the hours and on the days when school is in session, including 1 hour before and after; or

    - During the hours and on the days when IVCC is not in session while the student is participating in or attending any covered activity.

  • Away from IVCC’s premises while participating in or attending any covered activity or traveling to and from such activity in a designated vehicle, whether or not the college is in session.

    This accident coverage is subject to all the definitions stated in the policy. IVCC cannot guarantee payment.

    IVCC Procedures:

    1. Have student complete an incident report.
       a. they are a student taking credit classes and the above scope of coverage has been satisfied, give them an Accident Claim Form provided by First Agency, Inc.

    2. After receipt, Business Services will confirm with Admissions and Records that student is enrolled in at least 1 credit class.

    3. Once confirmed, the claim and bills will be forwarded to First Agency, Inc.

    Student Procedures:

    1. Complete an incident report with Campus Security.

    2. Complete Accident Claim Form provided by First Agency, Inc.  Be sure to read both front and back for understanding of coverage.

    3. Turn the Accident Claim Form and itemized bills in to the Business Services and Finance offices in C-338 who will forward them to First Agency.  First Agency will make any determination of benefits.

Right To Know

Accrediting Agencies and Contact Information

Illinois Valley Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, 1-312-263-0456, https://www.hlcommission.org/.

Those wishing to file a complaint through the Higher Learning Commission may do so at the following link: https://www.hlcommission.org/Student-Resources/complaints.html.

Students wishing to file a complaint with the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) may do so online at -  https://www2.iccb.org/students/filing-complaints-about-an-illinois-community-college/. If you wish to remain anonymous, ICCB will not be able to contact you or address your formal complaint. Anonymous complaints will be reviewed, logged, and counted in ICCB reports about institutional complaints.

Student Achievement Data

HLC Policy # FDCR.A.10.070
Retention Rates (IPEDS)
Graduation Rates (IPEDS)
Transfer-out Rates  (IPEDS)
Graduate Employment Rates
Student Diversity (Demographic Report)

Gainful Employment

Notice: On July 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education rescinded the Department’s gainful employment (GE) regulations (2014 Rule) in the Federal Register, effective July 1, 2020. The Secretary designated the regulatory changes, as included in the document, for early implementation beginning on July 1, 2019, at the discretion of each institution.

Rescission: IVCC is early implementing the rescission of the Gainful Employment Rule effective July 1, 2019 per guidance in the Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #122 - Early Implementation of the Rescission of the Gainful Employment Rule issued by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education on June 28, 2019.

Please direct any questions to Mark Grzybowski via email or call 815-224-0393.