Appeals to the Committee on Financial Aid

Students that are readmitted on probation must appeal for their continued eligibility for financial aid. A grace period of one semester is permitted if a student is placed on academic probation before the student becomes ineligible for Title IV federal financial aid.

Also, this one-semester grace period may not automatically be permitted if the student's transcript has shown two consecutive semesters below standards. This policy is designed to assist in the University’s Default Management Plan. During the grace period, the student must reestablish performance at the level required to merit removal from probation; otherwise, eligibility for further aid is suspended until the student is removed from probation. The student is notified by the Office of Student Financial Aid when the grace period begins.

An appeals process is also available to students whose aid eligibility is suspended for failure to make satisfactory academic progress. Such students may appeal to the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Committee by addressing a typewritten notice of appeal to the SAP Committee, in care of the Director of Student Financial Aid. Such appeal notice must be received in the Office of Student Financial Aid by the published deadline or it will not be reviewed. The SAP Committee reviews appeals as promptly as workload allows and endeavors to notify students of the disposition of appeals within two weeks following the date of receipt of the student’s appeal notice.