Quantic Student Grievance and Abuse Policy
Quantic Student Grievance and Abuse policy
Purpose: In some cases, students may raise a complaint against Quantic School of Business and Technology or an employee of Quantic Holdings, Inc. This policy serves to provide guidelines to students, the instructional team, and staff for addressing such complaints. All students have a right to lodge a complaint or grievance at any time which they deem important without fear of retaliation or any other adverse consequences.
Definitions:
- Student grievances: Complaints that escalate beyond standard feedback on the Quantic platform, courses, or content.
Expectations:
There are a variety of reasons why a student might lodge a complaint or grievance against Quantic School of Business and Technology or Quantic Holdings, Inc. This policy provides contact information for addressing general complaints or grievances, but does not attempt to provide prescriptive procedures or policies for all such potential complaints or grievances, as they may vary from case to case.
- Students:For students in our MBA program, general complaints or feedback regarding issues such as course content, grading, or general comments regarding the learning experience may be submitted in writing to [email protected] For students in our Executive MBA programs, these comments can be submitted to [email protected] All other students may submit comments to [email protected] These complaints will be recorded and addressed in writing where necessary by Quantic School of Business and Technology instructional team members and/or staff. For further information on the Project Grade Appeal process, please visit here.
- Behavior and Abuse: Complaints specific to the instructional team, staff, or peer behavior and/or abuse should be directed in writing to [email protected] These complaints will be investigated and addressed directly by the senior administration of Quantic.
- Privacy concerns or requests to delete the user’s account should be addressed to [email protected] These complaints will be addressed in writing where necessary by Quantic staff.
- Billing concerns may be directed to the Quantic operations team at [email protected].
Quantic School of Business and Technology will formally investigate any grievance or complaint related to billing, refunds, transcripts, discrimination- or harassment-related matters, or disability. Quantic may investigate complaints or grievances addressing other topics on a case-by-case basis.
If the complaint cannot be resolved after exhausting Quantic School of Business and Technology’s grievance procedure, students may file a complaint with the Washington D.C. Higher Education Licensure Commission, located at 1050 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002. Phone: (202) 727-6436. E-mail: [email protected] The Higher Education Licensure Commission is the designated portal agency for the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). More information on their complaint process is available here. Students are encouraged to resolve complaints and grievances through Quantic School of Business and Technology before lodging a formal complaint or grievance with HELC. The HELC does not however mitigate grade complaints or financial disputes.
Quantic School of Business and Technology is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) and students have the right to file a complaint with their office:
Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)
1101 17th Street NW, Suite 808
Washington, D.C. 20036
202.234.5100 Tel
www.deac.org
Students will not be subject to unfair action and/or treatment by any school official as a result of the initiation of a complaint.