Verto Policies

A primary responsibility of Verto’s faculty and staff is to provide participants with opportunities to achieve success and progress toward degree completion. Verto provides proactive, responsive, and restorative student success resources, services, and interventions to support academic and personal growth.

Student Success Actions provide an opportunity for participants to take ownership of their learning experience and identify critical resources to support success.

Verto Education and its Academic Provider, the University of New Haven, prioritize academic integrity, expecting honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility from all members of the academic community – students, faculty, staff, and the host communities of Verto Education programs. This policy outlines behaviors demonstrating integrity and the consequences for academic misconduct like cheating, unauthorized AI use, or plagiarism.

Verto participants must maintain full-time enrollment (minimum 12 credits) and adhere to our Academic Provider’s grading scale and GPA requirements to remain in good academic standing. Official grade reports and transcripts are issued by our Academic Provider, with specific processes for their release and considerations for academic probation or dismissal based on performance. This document also includes course and credit eligibility and limitations.

Verto subscribes to core pedagogical commitments that inform course development and teaching across all our programs. The learning environment is specifically designed so that all participants leave their Verto experience with the academic, social, and emotional skills required to thrive in college and make a positive and responsible impact in our wider diverse and global society.

Consistent attendance in class is critical for academic success, particularly during study abroad. Verto Education’s attendance policies are created to ensure participants remain on track academically and achieve their post-Verto plans. Verto has the responsibility to ensure compliance with regulations set forth by our Academic Provider, NECHE accreditation, and immigration controls, which include attendance tracking to ensure participants meet requirements relevant to immigration status of the host country.

Participants wishing to make changes to their courses must follow established policies that direct when changes can be made, and the outcome of those changes on a participant’s schedule and transcript. Participants must also follow policy guidelines for cancelling or withdrawing from the program for any reason before or throughout the semester, which includes involuntary protective withdrawals, medical withdrawals, and program dismissals.

The Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provides participants with certain rights regarding their educational records. Parents/guardians cannot obtain information regarding their participant’s academic performance or standing, as led by our Academic Provider, without prior authorization from the participant. Participants can sign our Academic Provider’s FERPA waiver as part of their onboarding process, which allows staff to discuss with parents/guardians their participants’ financial needs, academic performance, and overall success during the experience.

This document provides students with information to navigate the appeal processes for grades and eligibility decisions to continue with Verto for additional semesters, as well as how to prepare an appropriate appeals letter.

All participants must review and agree to Verto’s Participation Agreement before attending a study abroad semester. This agreement outlines important terms related to academic expectations, student behavior, medical care, insurance, and risk acknowledgment. Participants (and guardians, if under 18) must sign the agreement, which includes liability waivers and releases. Students are expected to comply with Verto’s policies and community standards to remain in good standing.

Participants are insured through Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI). CISI offers world-class coverage while Vertoans are abroad, including through the MyCISI application.

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The Involuntary Protective Withdrawal Policy (IPW) exists for rare circumstances in which a participants behavior create a real danger of substantial harm to self or the Verto Community.

Families are required to complete this form if your Verto participant is under the age of 18 and wants to travel independently while abroad with Verto.

Expectations regarding living in community in each of Verto’s housing accommodations.

Participants are required to be in possession of a working cell phone with the ability to make and receive voice calls, SMS, and internet data capability. Participants must be able to provide Verto with an up-to-date phone number upon arrival, and must update staff should their phone number change during the study abroad experience.

This California Privacy Notice supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy (above) and applies solely to individual residents of the State of California.

This Notice At Collection supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy and our California Privacy Notice, and applies solely to individual residents of the State of California.

If you are a California resident, you may be able to exercise certain data rights under the California User Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), including the right to request additional information relating to our collection and disclosure of the specific pieces of your Personal Information.

These are the terms and conditions for participating in a Verto study abroad experience. By signing this agreement, you’ll grant Verto medical authorization in the event of emergency, the ability to provide insurance and housing, and more.

Unless specifically authorized by Verto Education, no participant may create an “official” Verto Education presence on any form of website or social media now in existence, or created in the future, or represent themselves as a spokesperson or authorized representative of Verto Education. This includes the use of the Verto Education name or logos in any manner that suggests a connection or oversight. In addition, participants may not post photos or videos of other Verto participants or staff without their consent. A participant may face disciplinary consequences should they post photos or videos of another Verto participant in a compromising situation.