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Privacy Policy
C4ccc does not share any personal information received with any outside organizations or individuals. Any personal information is solely shared with institutions and individuals who participate in the programs and only to the degree necessary to achieve the objectives of the program or for the safety and health of the participants. Payment Policies: - The application is only complete and will only be considered if the application is accompanied by a check for the application fee. The non-refundable $500.00 application fee, (check or money order made payable to the Center for Cross-Cultural Cooperation; no credit cards accepted) is due with the mail-in application. The application fee applies to the program costs and reduces it by this amount.
- This application charge is only refundable if you are not accepted to the program. Students who withdraw their application before decisions are made will not be refunded the fee. A $25 fee will be charged for returned checks.
- The remaining program balance (amount varies by program: program costs minus $500 application fee) is due April 25, 2009 (check or money order made payable to the Center for Cross-Cultural Cooperation; no credit cards accepted).
- Any payment received or postmarked after this date will be assessed a $50 late fee.
- Students must purchase plane tickets individually. We suggest that students from the same university travel together and will be glad to help with the organization.
Refund Policies - The application fee is non-refundable unless you are not accepted to the program. Students who withdraw their application before decisions are made will not be refunded the fee.
- A student who withdraws may apply the application charge to participation in a future program or a different program in the same year.
- If a student voluntarily withdraws from a program after application to the program but prior to the start date of the program, the student will be refunded the program cost, excluding application charge and any portion of the program cost which is unrecoverable (pre-paid meals, pre-paid room reservation deposits, etc.) Even if the student has not yet paid the full program balance, he or she is obligated to pay for any unrecoverable expenses incurred on the student's behalf. This may require the student to pay part of the program cost, even if he or she does not attend the program. It is therefore in the student's best interest to notify c4ccc immediately when making a decision to withdraw.
- If a student voluntarily withdraws from a program after the program officially begins, no money will be refunded.
- If a student is required to withdraw from a program for is expelled for academic or conduct reasons after the program officially begins, no money will be refunded.
- Students in any program who choose not to participate in a program activity, either mandatory or non-mandatory, (such as a field trip, excursion, cultural event, etc.) will not be refunded any portion of the program cost.
Cancellation Policies - We will cancel any program in a location where the U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning or where c4ccc finds the location to be unsafe. The c4ccc staff and the program director review the U.S. State Department information, along with a variety of other reliable sources such as contacts in the destination country and conversations with Embassies, in order to have up to the minute information on any program location.
- Should a program cancellation become necessary for safety reasons prior to or during the program, every effort will be made to move the program to a location that is considered safe and where the objectives of the program can be accomplished. In case we cannot substitute an unsafe location for a safe location, we make every effort to refund recoverable costs to participants. The time of program cancellation will determine the actual recoverable costs. The closer the program is to the start date, the less recoverable costs will be available.
- Because full refunds are often not possible, students may wish to consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance which can be obtained through many travel agents or insurance companies. We suggest that students buy this insurance right after admission into the program.
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