User account retention

Student accounts

Provisioning

  • Student accounts are provisioned during the application process.
  • All students receive an institutional email address.
  • Student passwords do not expire.

Disable

Student accounts are disabled if the account meets any of the following criteria:
  • The student has not enrolled in a course for over two years.
  • The student did not enroll in a course during the term of his or her expected entrance.
Students are notified by email twice of their pending account disable:
  • Two months prior
  • One month prior
After the two-year gap in enrollment, a student is required to reapply for admission to the institution, during which time the student's user account will be reenabled.

Employee accounts

Provisioning

  • Employee accounts are provisioned as part of the  Hiring Process Workflow .
  • IT Services will not provision an employee account without verification from Human Resources.
  • All employees receive an institutional email address.
  • Employee account passwords expire every 6 months.
Employees are notified by email three times before their password expires:
  • Two weeks prior
  • One week prior
  • Two days prior

Disable

Employee accounts are disabled only after verification from Human Resources.