Title: Mayterm Policy

Approved: Financial Affairs Council – (Revised January 2000)

Effective Date: September 1, 1999

Purpose: This policy delineates the qualifications for including Mayterm tuition within the flat rate.

Policy: Houghton College students can apply the flat rate tuition charge for up to four hours of Mayterm credit. This means that there is no additional tuition charge for up to four credit hours of Mayterm courses under the following conditions:

1. A full-time student at Houghton for the fall and spring semesters preceding Mayterm whose registered hours for Mayterm and the two semesters do not exceed the maximum allowed under a flat rate tuition charge. (36 credit hours as of 1999 – 2000).

2. A full-time student at Houghton for one of the two semesters preceding Mayterm whose registered hours for Mayterm and the one semester do not exceed the maximum allowed under a flat rate tuition charge. (18 credit hours as of 1999 – 2000).

Mayterm courses for which tuition is transferred from Houghton College to another agency (such as Oregon Extension) do not qualify for a free Mayterm.

Note: The 2-credit Highlander Adventure Program is included in fall semester hours for the purposes of this policy.

Trip Exception: A student enrolled in a course involving a trip which has been granted status as Mayterm equivalent but which is outside of the normal Mayterm dates will receive free tuition if the above criteria is met. However, no other tuition free courses may be taken during Mayterm, regardless of the number of credit hours received for the course involving the trip. A student can enroll in another Mayterm course with the understanding that they will pay the full tuition cost.

For the purposes of this policy, "registered hours" represents credit hours for which the student is enrolled as of the last day to add a course at the beginning of the semester. Registered hours will be increased if one or more half-semester courses are added for the second half of the semester. "Registered hours" will also include hours taken at other Western New York Colleges through a cross-registration agreement. Credit hours which are unused may not be carried over to a summer session or subsequent year.

A student will be considered enrolled at Houghton for any semester in which they are attending a Houghton College off campus program identified in the current college catalog as qualifying. Programs where students are attending other schools will not qualify.

Full time Houghton students for both semesters preceding Mayterm who paid for an overload during either semester may apply to the Student Accounts Office to increase the hours allowed for the year to include the flat rate maximum plus the overload hours. A student whose Mayterm course causes them to exceed the maximum hours allowed will be charged the overload rate for any excess hours. This rate is $350 per hour for 1999 – 2000.

All Mayterm students (regardless as to whether or not they are receiving the Mayterm for free) are required to remain in and pay for the same type of college housing that they were using during their full-time semester(s). Exceptions to this requirement include students commuting from their parents' home, Community Living Option (CLO) students who choose to live in college housing during May, and those on a trip for the entire Mayterm. Costs associated with trips vary and some may charge additionally for transportation, lodging and food. The board plan used for the previous semester(s) will be charged for Mayterm unless the student opts for a greater number of meals or if a particular plan is required for the course (as is the case for certain trips).

Students who do not demonstrate the ability to satisfy the financial or academic requirements for Mayterm may be denied attendance for the term.

This policy supercedes all previous policies of the college related to free Mayterm tuition.

The special exception below will be effective with Mayterm of 1999 and may be struck from this document as of September 1, 2000.