Satisfactory
Academic Progress / Good Standing Requirements
For Financial Aid
REQUIREMENTS
Student receiving financial aid must be in good standing
and be making satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the
policies outlined below.
PROGRAMS
AFFECTED
Federal Pell Grant, Federal Family Education Loans, Federal
Work-Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and the
Federal PLUS Loan for parents.
DEFINITIONS
-
Good
standing means that a student is not on academic exclusion.
-
Satisfactory academic progress is the advancement of the student toward
his or her degree objective in a manner consistent with the prescribed
policies of the college.
TERMINATION OF FINANCIAL AID
-
Any
student who has been academically excluded is not in good standing and
will be ineligible for financial aid.
-
Any
student enrolled in Learning Support courses who fails to exit all such
courses after three attempts is not making reasonable progress and is,
therefore, ineligible for financial aid.
-
Students
must earn the following minimum number of hours each academic year
depending upon their enrollment status. The number of hours earned is
checked at the completion of each Spring semester and Summer semester.
Full-time students: 20
hours per academic year (10 hours per semester)
¾ time students: 14 hours
per academic year (7 hours per semester)
½ time students: 10 hours
per academic year (5 hours per semester)
Full-time students register for a minimum of 12 hours, ¾
time students register for 9-11 hours and ½ time students register for a
minimum of 6 hours. Students enrolled full-time have a minimum of three
academic years to complete their programs. Students enrolled ¾ time have
four years and those enrolled ½ time have six years.
REINSTATEMENT OF AID
-
A
student who has been terminated from aid because of failure to earn the
number of hours required by his or her enrollment status may request
that his or her aid be reinstated when the minimum number of earned
hours has been attained.
-
A
student who has been terminated from aid because of being placed on
academic exclusion may request that his or her aid be reinstated upon
completion of one semester with a 2.0 GPA. A student may also request
the reinstatement of aid when his or her cumulative grade point average
meets or exceeds the minimum standard set forth in the college catalog.
DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL AID
-
Students
will receive ½ of their Pell and SEOG awards each semester.
-
Students
employed in the student assistant program and Federal Work-Study
Program are paid once every two weeks.
APPEALS
Any financial aid recipient
has the right to appeal the withdrawal of financial aid funds. The appeal
procedure will be as follows:
-
Appeals
will be made in writing to the Director of Financial Aid.
-
Appeals
will be heard by the Financial Aid Committee within one week (five
class days) and the student notified in writing of the results of the
hearing.
-
Final
appeal may be made in writing to the President of the College.
|
