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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 

  1. Good standing means that a student is not on academic exclusion.

  2. 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 

  1. Any student who has been academically excluded is not in good standing and will be ineligible for financial aid.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 

  1. 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.

  2. 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

 

  1. Students will receive ½ of their Pell and SEOG awards each semester.

  2. 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:

 

  1. Appeals will be made in writing to the Director of Financial Aid.

  2. 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.

  3. Final appeal may be made in writing to the President of the College.

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