Contact Information for Filing Complaints

With Accreditation and State Higher Education Authorities

Owner: Provost

Contact Information for Filing Complaints

Owner: Provost

With Accreditation and State Higher Education Authorities

Teachers College provides both informal and formal grievance and dispute resolution procedures. For additional information about procedures, please refer to the policy on Grievance Procedures: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/policylibrary/diversity-and-community-affairs/grievance-procedures/.

Pursuant to 34 CFR § 668.43(b) (Code of Federal Regulations), Teachers College must provide students ….”with contact information for filing complaints with its accreditor and with its State approval or licensing entity and any other relevant State official or agency that would appropriately handle the student’s complaint”.

Middle States Commission on Higher Education	3624 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 267 284-5000
New York	New York State Education Department Office of College and University Evaluation http://www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/spr/COMPLAINTFORMINFO.html
New York for Distance Learning Students in a SARA state	New York State Education Department Office of College and University Evaluation http://www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/spr/COMPLAINTFORMINFO.html
Alabama	Alabama Commission on Higher Education https://ache.edu/ACHE_Reports/Forms/SARA/StudentComp.pdf
Alaska	Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education https://acpe.alaska.gov/ConsumerProtection
Arizona	Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education https://ppse.az.gov/complaint
Arkansas	Arkansas Department of Higher Education http://www.adhe.edu/students-parents/colleges-universites/student-grievance-form/
California	Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education https://www.dca.ca.gov/consumers/complaints/oos_students.shtml
Colorado	Colorado Department of Higher Education https://highered.colorado.gov/filing-student-complaint
Connecticut	Connecticut Office of Higher Education http://www.ctohe.org/StudentComplaints.shtml
Delaware	Delaware Department of Education http://www.doe.k12.de.us/sara
District of Columbia	Office of the State Superintendent of Education https://osse.dc.gov/service/higher-education-licensure-commission-helc-public-complaints
Florida	Florida Department of Education Commission for Independent Education http://www.fldoe.org/policy/cie/file-a-complaint.stml
Georgia	Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission https://gnpec.georgia.gov/student-complaints
Hawaii	Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Process http://cca.hawaii.gov/hpeap/forms/student-forms/
Idaho	Idaho State Board of Education https://boardofed.idaho.gov/priv_col_univ/student_complaint.asp
Illinois	Illinois Board of Higher Education http://complaints.ibhe.org/
Indiana	Indiana Commission for Higher Education http://www.in.gov/che/2744.htm
Iowa	Iowa College Student Aid Commission https://www.iowacollegeaid.gov/StudentComplaintForm
Kansas	Kansas Board of Regents http://kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/private_out_of_state/complaint_process
Kentucky	Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education http://cpe.ky.gov/campuses/consumer_complaint.html
Louisiana	Board of Regents https://regents.la.gov/divisions/planning-research-and-academic-affairs/institutional-licensure/sara/
Maine	Maine Department of Education https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/highered/sara
Maryland	Maryland Higher Education Commission http://mhec.maryland.gov/institutions_training/Pages/acadaff/acadaffairsdepartments.aspx
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Department of Higher Education http://www.mass.edu/forstufam/complaints/complaints.asp
Michigan	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-61343_35395_35396---,00.html
Minnesota	Minnesota Office of Higher Education http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=1078
Mississippi	Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation http://www.mississippi.edu/mcca/student_complaint_process.asp
Missouri	Missouri Department of Higher Education https://dhewd.mo.gov/DistanceEducation.php
Montana	Montana Department Board of Regents http://www.mus.edu/MUS-statement-of-complaint-process.asp
Nebraska	Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education https://ccpe.nebraska.gov/student-complaints-against-postsecondary-institutions
Nevada	Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education http://cpe.nv.gov/Students/Students_Home/
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Department of Education https://my.doe.nh.gov/ESSWEB/HigherEducation/Complaint.aspx
New Jersey	Office of the Secretary of Higher Education http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/OSHEComplaintInstructions.shtml
New Mexico	New Mexico Higher Education Department https://hed.state.nm.us/students-parents/student-complaints
New York	New York State Education Department Office of College and University Evaluation http://www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/spr/COMPLAINTFORMINFO.html
North Carolina	University of North Carolina General Administration https://www.northcarolina.edu/post-secondary-education-complaints/
North Dakota	North Dakota University System http://www.ndus.edu/system/state-authorization/
Ohio	Ohio Department of Higher Education https://www.ohiohighered.org/students/complaints
Oklahoma	Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education http://www.okhighered.org/current-college-students/complaints.shtml
Oregon	Higher Education Coordinating Commission http://www.oregon.gov/highered/institutions-programs/private/Pages/private-posts
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Department of Education https://www.education.pa.gov/Postsecondary-Adult/CollegeCareer/Pages/Students-Complaints.aspx
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner https://www.riopc.edu/page/student_complaint/
South Carolina	South Carolina Commission on Higher Education https://www.che.sc.gov/CHE_Docs/academicaffairs/SARA/ComplaintForm.pdf
South Dakota	South Dakota Board of Regents https://www.sdbor.edu/administrative-offices/academics/SD-SARA/Pages/default.aspx
Tennessee	Tennessee Higher Education Commission https://www.tn.gov/thec/for-students-and-families/transcript-requests-and-institution-complaints.html
Texas	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/links/student-complaints/
Utah	Utah System of Higher Education https://ushe.edu/office-of-commissioner/state-authorization-ut-sara/sara-complaint-form/
Vermont	Vermont Agency for Education http://education.vermont.gov/documents/postsecondary-program-complaint-resolution
Washington	Washington Student Achievement Council http://www.wsac.wa.gov/student-complaints
West Virginia	West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission http://www.wvhepc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Student-Complaint-Process-revised.pdf
Wisconsin	Department of Safety and Professional Services https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Programs/EducationalApproval/Student.aspx
Wyoming	Wyoming Department of Education https://edu.wyoming.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wyoming-Department-of-Education-Student-Complaint-Process.pdf

Responsible Office: Provost

Effective Date: May 2021

Last Updated: May 2021

Last Edited: August 18, 2021