Student Right to Know
Graduation Rates In compliance with the Student Right to Know Act, found in Sec. 485(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 34 CFR 668.45, Howard Community College (HCC) is required to disclose graduation and transfer rates of all undergraduate students entering HCC and those receiving athletically related financial aid. The percentage of students entering HCC in 2008 that graduated or transferred to a Maryland public or independent four-year institution within three years was 29.1 percent, with 15.4 percent transferring and 13.7 percent graduating. These percentages were calculated based on the methodology and data provided in the Graduation Rate Survey. Also required is the disclosure of enrollment information for the prior academic year, all students by race and gender, along with the number of those who received athletically related financial aid. Beginning 2011-2012 the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) requires two year degree-granting institutions to disclose graduation rates disaggregated by gender, each major racial/ethnic subgroup, and receipt or non-receipt of federal Pell grant or subsidized Stafford loan, along with the retention rate of certificate-or degree-seeking, first-time, undergraduate students. Click on the following link to electronically view the complete Graduation Rate Survey report: http://www.howardcc.edu/about_hcc/pdf_documents/gradrate.pdf. Data in categories that contain five or fewer students were suppressed to protect student privacy. A complete report is also available upon request in print format from the Planning, Research and Organizational Development Office and from the Financial Aid Office. Campus Crime Annually the college prepares a report of campus crime activity. A summary table of the crime statistics are show below. Please note that the report runs about 2 year behind and a new report is updated every October. For the full report, click here. Campus Crime Report
* 2008 Sex Offenses-Forcible (on-campus) - incident occurred at main campus parking lot, domestic dispute * 2009 Sex Offenses-Forcible (non-campus) - incident occurred at Laurel College Center, individuals were former acquaintances ** 2010 Sex Offenses-Forcible (on-campus) - two reports of unwanted touching for the same individual; disciplinary action taken *** 2010 Robbery (on-campus) - non-HCC persons met in parking lot to sell video game advertised on Craig's list; buyer robbed seller *** 2010 Robbery (public property) - robbery occurred off-campus; suspects fled and ran into college property while victims followed and reported incident **** 2009 Aggravated Assault (public property) - incident occurred off campus at adjacent property along Little Patuxent Parkway **** 2010 Aggravated Assault (on-campus) - non HCC person skateboarding in garage was approached by campus security officers and became combative, swinging skateboard at officers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||