Student Location Policy

For licensure programs, the university must gather location information from students about where they are located at the time of initial enrollment in the licensure program. The US Department of Education has said that besides meeting licensure requirements in D.C., each program must also meet the licensure requirements for its program in every state where the student is located. More specifically, the program cannot be offered in a state if it doesn’t lead to licensure unless an attestation is collected from the student that acknowledges that they plan to work in a state where the program does lead to licensure.

Additionally, students are asked to answer where they will be located every semester. That information is stored as their term address. 

Institutional Effectiveness and Certification uses that location address for reporting purposes for state authorization and disclosures to students in licensure programs if necessary. For example, a disclosure will be sent if a student is in a face-to-face licensure program but takes an internship in a state where the program doesn’t lead to licensure. Direct disclosures must be sent to students within 14 days of informing the university that they’re in a state where the licensure program doesn’t lead to licensure.

Suppose a student is located in a state at the time of initial enrollment in a licensure program where the program doesn’t lead to licensure at that state. In that case, an attestation must be gathered from the student before the student enrolls. If an attestation isn’t gathered, the student cannot be enrolled in the licensure program.