Agreements

Contracts and Agreements

  • Contracts and agreements are different names for the same legally binding document. They are interchangeable.
  • Contracts and agreements contain legal promises between two or more parties. These legal promises are enforceable in a court of law. Academic contracts and agreements must be reviewed by Academic Contract Administration & Compliance Operations.

Affiliation Agreements

An affiliation agreement allows WCU and an outside entity to collaborate for a purpose. These agreements contain legal promises that each party is legally required to fulfill. These agreements are enforceable by a court of law. Affiliation agreements must be reviewed by Academic Contract Administration & Compliance Operations.

Dual Enrollment or Concurrent Agreements

  • Dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment are the same. A dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment agreement allows students at a Pennsylvania high school to take WCU courses, at a discounted rate, as provided by Public School Code. These agreements are enforceable by a court of law.
  • The initial point of contact for these agreements is John Ulrich, PhD.

Articulation Agreements

  • For non-WCU students, an articulation agreement allows students at an outside university or college to take courses at the outside university or college and transfer those credits toward a WCU academic program.
  • For WCU students, an articulation agreement allows students to take courses at WCU and final year courses at the outside university or college. Completion of required courses at the outside university or college in combination with completion of courses at WCU will convey two degrees upon the student; one from the outside university or college and one from WCU. Typically, these agreements allow WCU students to accelerate their bachelor and graduate degrees by conveying the first year of course credits at the outside university or college to the student's final year of courses at WCU.
  • The initial point of contact for these agreements is Josh Auld, PhD. 
     

Should I Sign This Agreement?

The WCU President is the only WCU authority that can delegate signatory authority. The Delegation of Presidential Authority designates who can sign and what type of contract they can sign. The Delegation of Presidential Authority document resides with the Vice President for Finance and Administration Office.

Designated by the WCU President to Have Signatory Authority

  • If you are designated by the WCU President, you may sign the document or request legal review from Academic Contract Administration & Compliance Operations, as needed.
  • If you have not be designated by the WCU President, please forward the document to the Academic Contract Administration & Compliance Operations office, for review.

2024 - July 2024 - Delegation of Pres Authority Affiliation and Articulation Agreements 7.17.24

A Document That Requires WCU, a Department of WCU, or an Employee of WCU to do Something

  • Please forward the document(s) to the Academic Contract Administration & Compliance Operations office, for review.
  • If no action is need, consider that your signature is typically requested in order to document your promise (bind you or WCU) to something. Please forward the document to the Academic Contract Administration & Compliance Operations office, for review.

Agreements and Contracts Flowsheet 

How to Sign with an Electronic or Original Signature

In Adobe, there is a tool called "Fill and Sign" that allows you to use a photograph or other scanned version of your signature.

You can create it by either:

  • cutting out a scanned signature from a pdf document and saving it to photos; or
  • importing a photograph (take a picture of your signature and email it to your account, save it to photos).

Then upload your signature from the photo file to the Adobe signature file. Once you have established a signature file, when you click on "Fill and Sign" Adobe will give you the option to select your uploaded signature. Then you can drag it to the signature space.

Compliance Requirements for Placements

  • The WCU compliance office serves as the academic contracting office for all academic programs, which includes more than 200 academic programs and more than 2,500 active contracts.
  • Students in an academic credit internship/clinical experience must comply with requirements set by their academic program and the terms of the affiliation agreement between WCU and the placement site before starting any clinical/field/internship experience
  • Compliance requirements vary and are based on the academic program and a student’s placement site(s).

CastleBranch (www.castlebranch.com)

WCU works with third party provider, CastleBranch, to approve student compliance requirements.  Cost of all compliance requirements are the responsibility of the student.