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Standard of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients (Procedure 4.2000)

Purpose

Federal, state, and college regulations require that students must maintain satisfactory progress towards completion of their program of study in order to receive financial assistance. The minimum standards at the College are contained in this document and are applicable to the financial assistance programs administered by the Student Financial Resources Office.

Procedure

1. Students must maintain a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.00 in their program.

2. Students must successfully complete at least 67% of the credits attempted.

   • The number of credits attempted is the number of credit hours for which a student is officially registered each semester and is determined at the end of the Drop/Add period.
   • A student's entire academic history, including credits transferred from other schools, and regardless of whether or not the student received financial aid during a given semester or enrollment period, is evaluated to determine whether the student is maintaining satisfactory Standards of Progress.
   • Successful completion of a class is defined as having earned a grade of A, B, C, D, S, or P. Unsatisfactory completion or non-completion of a class is defined as having earned a grade of F, N, W, I, U, or X
   • Eligibility to receive financial aid, based on a student meeting the Standards of Progress criteria, is determined at least once per year.

3. Students are expected to earn a degree or certificate within a specified number of attempted hours and are eligible for financial aid only during this time. The number of attempted hours cannot exceed more than 150 percent of the published length of the educational program.

4. Students who withdraw from all classes while receiving financial aid will be placed on Financial Aid warning the first time this is done. Students who withdraw from all classes a second time while receiving aid will be suspended from financial aid and must appeal to be reinstated to receive further financial aid.

Students who fail to meet any of the standards will be suspended from further financial aid. Students may appeal financial aid suspension by following the procedures as outlined in the financial aid office's departmental procedures.

Students may reinstate their eligibility for financial aid by bringing up their progress - GPA and/or completion ratio - to the minimum requirements of a 2.0 GPA and 67% successful completion rate. Students will need to pay for their courses while under suspension and must appeal their suspension when they have successfully met the Standards of Progress.