2012 - 2013 catalog - Delta College

Standards of Academic Progress for
Financial Aid Recipients
Students must be making satisfactory academic progress toward the
completion of an eligible Certificate or Associate degree to be eligible
for financial aid.
Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients are applied
to all students receiving financial assistance after they have attempted
12.9 credits at Delta College. All semesters and courses in which students
registered at Delta College are included in determining Satisfactory
Academic Progress, regardless of whether or not the students received
financial aid for those semesters and courses.
I. Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients
A. Making Satisfactory Academic Progress is defined as earning a cumulative
grade point average (GPA) consistent with the Academic
Status Scale below. In calculating the GPA on this Scale, all credits for
which students ever enrolled at Delta College are included (grades
A through F, P, NC, I, W, and WI, plus all repeated courses).
ACADEMIC STATUS SCALE
Attempted Delta Credits Minimum GPA Required
0-12.9 0.00
13-23.9 1.50
24-44.9 1.75
45 or more 2.00
B. Making Satisfactory Academic Progress is also defined as having
satisfactorily completed 67% or more of all credits in which students
have ever enrolled at Delta College.
1. Grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D- or Pass are considered
to be satisfactory completions.
2. Grades of W, WI, NC-No Credit, I-Incomplete, and F-Failure are
not considered to be satisfactory completions.
3. For students with repeat grades, the lower grade is considered
to be an unsatisfactory completion and the higher grade is considered
to be a satisfactory completion.
4. For students choosing the Fresh Start option, grades changed to P
are considered to be satisfactory completions. Grades changed to
NC are not considered to be satisfactory completions. (Students
choosing this option should be aware that grades of C-, D+, D,
and D-, which are considered as satisfactory completions, will be
converted to NC grades, which are not considered to be satisfactory
completions.)
C. Satisfactory Academic Progress also requires that financial aid
recipients complete the Certificate or Associate degree within a
time frame which, by federal regulation, is 150% of the published
length of the program. For example, if a student is in an Associate
degree program that requires 62 credits, the degree must be completed
in a maximum of 150% of 62 credits, or 93 credits including
both attempted and completed credits. (Students should consult
the Delta College Catalog, Section III, Programs of Study, to find
the number of credits required in their Certificate or Associate
degree program, then multiply that number by 1.5 to determine
the maximum number of credits.)
1. When students reach the maximum number of credits, financial
aid will be terminated.
2. All semesters are taken into consideration when determining the
maximum number of credits, whether or not students received
aid during those semesters.
3. All grades (A through F, P, I, NC, W, and WI) and repeated courses
are counted in determining the maximum number of credits.
4. Transfer credit must be taken into consideration when calculating
the maximum number of credits for an Associate degree and for
a Certificate.
Academic records of aid recipients are reviewed by the Financial Aid
Office prior to awarding for the standard academic year (Fall and Winter
Semesters) to ensure that Standards of Academic Progress for Financial
Aid Recipients continue to be met. Records are reviewed again prior
to awarding for the Spring-Summer Semester. Additionally, academic
records for loan recipients are checked prior to each disbursement.
Students receiving aid whom the College places on Academic Probation
between reviews will maintain their aid eligibility (but not their loan
eligibility) for the probational semester(s) until the next review, providing
them with the opportunity to improve their academic records and once
again meet Standards. If Standards of Academic Progress for Financial
Aid recipients are not met at the time of the next review, financial aid
will be terminated.
II. Appeals
A. Students who have been terminated from further financial aid for
failure to meet Standards of Academic Progress have the right to
appeal. All appeals must be submitted in writing on the Satisfactory
Academic Progress Appeal Form to the Financial Aid Office. Please
check with the Financial Aid Office for semester appeal priority
dates. Students submitting appeals should state the reasons why
satisfactory progress was not made and discuss actions that have
been or will be taken to make satisfactory progress in the future.
Documentation supporting the reasons for the appeal must be
attached. Appeals submitted without documentation will not
be considered. Mitigating circumstances beyond the reasonable
control of students, such as injury or illness, death of a relative, or
other special circumstances may be grounds for successful appeals.
You must meet with an Academic Counselor/Advisor to create an
academic plan. Please attach a copy to your appeal.
1. If appeals are approved, students will receive an additional
probational semester of aid during which they must EITHER
complete all courses in which they register with grades of C
(2.0) or better (no C-, D+, D, D-, F, or NC grades), and with no
Withdrawals (W or WI) and no Incompletes (I), OR once again
meet the Delta College Standards of Academic Progress for Financial
Aid Recipients. At the end of the semester, grades will
be checked.
2. If students have met the Standards of Academic Progress for
Financial Aid Recipients, aid will once again be awarded. If students
have not met these Standards, but have met the conditions
stated in No. 1 above, further aid will be granted on a probational
semester-by-semester basis. Grades will be checked at the end
of each semester before aid is awarded for the next semester to
ensure that students are continuing to make academic progress.
This process will continue until such time as the student once
again meets the Standards of Academic Progress for Financial
Aid Recipients. If it should be found that students have not made
academic progress during one of these probational semesters, aid
will be denied and the students will have to attend at their own
expense until such time as the Standards of Academic Progress
for Financial Aid Recipients are once again met.
B. A second Standards of Academic Progress appeal may be submitted
to the Director of Financial Aid if a student has additional documentation
for consideration. The Directors decision regarding the
second appeal will be considered final.
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