CHANGES IN SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS:

Previously, a student had to complete 24 credit hours per academic year. This policy has changed so that the minimum number of credit hours a student must successfully complete is 75% of the attempted hours during the academic year.

The minimum GPA of 1.8 has changed to 1.7, depending upon the number of credit hours attempted.

TYPES OF AID COVERED:

All Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), College Access Program (CAP Grant), Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loans and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), ACG and SMART.

POLICY AND PROCEDURES:

Satisfactory Academic Progress is based on BOTH completing the required number of attempted hours AND maintaining a minimum grade point average.

Attempted hours are defined as those for which a student receives a grade of A, B, C, D, F, I, W, WP, or WF.

Grades A, B, C, and D shall be considered as credits earned.

Grades F, W, I and Audit—No credit hours will be considered as earned, however, these hours will be considered as hours attempted for the purpose of determining Satisfactory Academic Progress.

A student who fails to maintain satisfactory progress as defined will not be permitted to receive federal or institutional financial aid.

A student must successfully complete a minimum of 75% of the credit hours attempted during the academic year. Successful completion for this purpose is defined as receiving a grade of “D” or better.

Satisfactory progress standards are reviewed at the end of the spring semester.