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GPHR Policies

By registering for the SHRM GPHR Certification preparation course,offered in cooperation with SHRM and Seattle Pacific University, all learners are subject to the program policies described on this page and the linked document. By submitting your registration, you accept and agree with these policies.

	Non-refundable Deposit
	All learners or their sponsoring employers are required to pay a non-refundable deposit at the time of registration to reserve a place in the course. By submitting the electronic registration, all learners and their sponsoring employees agree to this provision, without exception. Deposits must be received prior to the first course start date.
	Course Payment
	Full tuition is due before the first scheduled day of class, unless prior arrangements have been made and agreed to by Seattle Research Partners, Inc. Exceptions to this policy are at the sole discretion of Seattle Research Partners, Inc. & will be treated consistently for each learner.
	Boeing employees please CLICK HERE to follow the Learning Together guidelines.
	Course Materials
	Course materials will be shipped to each learner at least 5 days in advance of the course start date, so long as the course tuition is paid in full. Signatures will be required for receipt of all course materials.
	Our Guarantee
	If you complete the course requirements and attend at least two Saturday School sessions and take the exam but fail to pass, you will be allowed the opportunity to audit the course free of charge so long as you enroll as an audit learner within six months of your original enrollment date and meet other eligibility requirements spelled out in the Program Policies document which is available by clicking here.
	If you elect to enroll as an audit learner after six months but within one calendar year of your original enrolment date, you may be charged a non-refundable access fee.
	Collaboration
	All Professional Certification courses are offered by Seattle Research Partners, Inc. in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University (SPU). SPU has reviewed and approved the curriculum for these courses and the curriculum vitae of the instructors. However, except where students register for the issuance of continuing education credit, certificates of completion will be issued solely by Seattle Research Partners, Inc. and students in these courses will not be SPU students. Students who elect to register for continuing education credit will be issued credits by SPU upon successful completion of the course. In either case, tuition payments should be paid directly to Seattle Research Partners, Inc.
	All courses are subject to final approval by the SPU and Seattle Research Partners, Inc. at their sole discretion. Any course may be canceled without notice. In such case, all deposits or tuition will be returned to participants. The start date of the course is defined as 6 p.m. on the first day of the posted course. Courses are scheduled to run for 10 consecutive weeks, unless interrupted by a legally recognized holiday.
	Confidentiality
	Seattle Research Partners, Inc. respects and upholds the privacy of all learners. All learner contact, payment, and course performance information is confidential and will not be provided to any other agency, individual, learner, or organization unless we are legally required to do so or unless any of the following apply:
	a. Tuition Assistance: Employers who sponsor tuition payments may require Seattle Research Partners, Inc. to verify course payment, attendance and participation as a provision of the tuition assistance program. Seattle Research Partners, Inc. will provide information if it is requested in writing on official corporate letterhead.
	b. Partnerships: From time to time, Seattle Pacific University may wish to audit our program and in the course of that audit require us to provide them the names of our learners. Only names and contact information will be shared with SPU.
	c. Learner Release: Any learner may authorize the release of their personal contact information provided at registration in writing to the Seattle Research Partners, Inc. expressly releasing their information to any and/or specific parties. Seattle Research Partners, Inc. reserves the right to use learning contact information for direct and indirect recruiting, surveys, and other information sharing. Learners who register for this program understand and accept that they may be contacted by the Seattle Research Partners, Inc. at any point in the future regarding participation in this program or other programs. Learners who do not wish to be contacted by Seattle Research Partners, Inc. post course participation must submit a written request to that effect via US Mail to Seattle Research Partners, Inc. Seattle Research Partners, Inc. will never sell learner information to any group, party, individual, agency, or provider unless approved in writing by the learner.

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