Teach-Out Agreement Process

NWIC complies with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) Teach-Out Plans and Teach-Out Agreements Policy which requires that a teach-out plan be submitted to the NWCCU and implemented in the event that the college ceases to operate or ceases instruction in a degree program.

In such an event, NWIC still submit a plan which will be approved if it:

is consistent with applicable standards;
provides that the institution will maintain the necessary experience, resources, and support services to provide an educational program that is of acceptable quality and reasonably similar in content, structure, and scheduling to that promised to the students upon enrollment;
demonstrates the institution’s stability and the ability to carry out its mission and meet all obligations to existing students; and
offers the program to students without additional charge over what had been previously in place, when the institution conducts the teach out without involving another entity, or if another entity is involved, provides notification to students of any additional charges.