Graduate Guarantee Program: AAS or Certificate of Completion

Guarantee for Job Competency

If a recipient of an Associate of Applied Science or certificate of completion is judged by his or her employer to be lacking in technical job skills identified as exit competencies for his or her specific degree program, the graduate will be provided tuition-free credit hours of additional skill training by Ranger College under the conditions of the guarantee policy. This guarantee includes the number of tuition-free credit hours as defined here:

Degree or Certificate Tuition-free Credit Hours: Certificate of completion (15-29 hours) up to 3 credit hours, certificate of completion (30-42 hours) up to 6 credit hours, Associate of Applied Science Degree up to 9 credit hours. Special conditions that apply to the guarantee include the following:

1. The graduate must have earned the Associate of Applied Science degree or certificate of completion beginning September 1993, or thereafter in a technical, vocational or occupational program identified in the college’s General Catalog.
2. The graduate must have completed requirements for the Associate of Applied Science degree or certificate of completion with Ranger College as stated in the requirements for graduation in the college’s General Catalog. The degree or certificate must have been completed within three years.
3. Graduates must be employed full-time in an area directly related to the area of program concentration as certified by the Senior Vice President of Instruction.
4. Employment must commence within 12 months of graduation.
5. The employer must certify in writing that the employee is lacking entry-level skills identified by Ranger College as program exit competencies and must specify the areas of deficiency within 90 days of the graduate’s initial employment.
6. The employer, graduate, department head, job placement counselor, and appropriate faculty member will develop a written educational plan for retraining.
7. Retraining will be limited to credit hours related to the identified skills deficiency and to those classes regularly scheduled during the period covered by the retraining plan.
8. All retraining must be completed within a calendar year from the time agreed upon for the educational plan.
9. The graduate and/or employer is responsible for the cost of books, insurance, uniforms, fees, and other course-related expenses.
10. The guarantee does not imply that the graduate will pass any licensing or qualifying examination for a particular career.
11. A student’s sole remedy against Ranger College and its employees for skill deficiencies will be limited to 3, 6, or 9 credit hours of tuition-free education under the conditions described above.
12. Activation of the “Graduate Guarantee Program’’ may be initiated by contacting the Senior Vice President of Instruction within 90 days of the graduate’s initial employment.