Business Administration - John F. Kennedy University

Quantitatively
Because students at John F. Kennedy University pursue a variety
of educational objectives, the number of units required for
completion will vary from program to program. a standard
academic year at John F. Kennedy University is defined as three
terms (either three quarters or three semesters). in order to be
considered making quantitative satisfactory academic progress,
however, all financial aid applicants and recipients must adhere to
the following guidelines:
Unit Completion Ratio. students must complete (receive
credit for or earn units in) at least 80 percent of all cumulative
units attempted. The following marks are not considered units
successfully completed:
i incomplete
W Withdrawal
UW Unauthorized Withdrawal
aU auditor
NC No Credit
F Unacceptable performance
NR No Report
FW Unauthorized withdrawal (College of law)
Financial Aid Probation/Disqualification
any student who fails to meet the satisfactory progress standards
for either GPa or units completed percentage will be notified and
placed on financial aid probation for one academic year (three
terms). students are still eligible to receive federal aid while on
financial aid probation.
By the end of the probationary period, the student’s cumulative
GPa and units completed percentage must meet the minimum:
• 2.0 GPA for an undergraduate or for undergraduate courses
completed during linking
• 3.0 GPA for a graduate student or for graduate courses
completed during linking
• a score of 70.0 for law students.
The student must also have completed at least 80 percent of
cumulative units attempted. That being the case, the student
would have met the conditions of the probation and financial aid
would continue.
When grades have been posted for the final term of the probationary
period, any student still failing to meet either the qualitative or
quantitative standards for satisfactory academic progress will
be disqualified from receiving further financial aid. in addition,
students are granted only one probationary period. once a student
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has used his or her probationary period and subsequently reestablishes
eligibility, he or she will automatically be disqualified if
he or she ever falls below the required minimums again.
students who are dismissed by the University become ineligible
for financial aid and all aid will be immediately discontinued.
Appeal Process
any student who feels that unusual or mitigating circumstances
contributed to his or her being placed on financial aid probation
may file an appeal, along with appropriate documentation of the
mitigating circumstances, to the director of financial aid. Mitigating
circumstances may include an illness, accident, or death in the
family or other factors that are outside of the student’s control.
The Financial aid appeals Form is available in the JFKU Financial
aid office in Pleasant hill. The director of financial aid will review
each appeal on a case-by-case basis within 30 days upon receipt of
the appeal. if the director approves the appeal, additional term(s)
of probation may be offered. if the appeal is denied, the student
may submit an additional appeal in writing to the financial aid
appeals committee. The committee will respond to the student, in
writing, within 30 days upon receipt of the additional appeal.
Reinstatement
if, after a student has been disqualified from receiving federal aid,
the student feels that he or she has improved his or her standing
to comply within the financial aid academic standards set above,
the student may petition the director of financial aid to have his or
her financial aid eligibility re-established from that point forward.
students may re-establish eligibility only one time.
These policies are subject to federal, state, and institutional
change without prior notice. The Financial aid office will make
every attempt to advise students of impending change but cannot
guarantee such notice. all students are subject to current standards,
not the standards which were in effect at the time of enrollment.
This is necessary to comply with any change in federal or state
statute, regulation, or policy regarding student aid eligibility.
Maximum Time Frame
students will be ineligible for further financial aid when they
exceed 150 percent of their program length. Because of the time
limit on eligibility, students are cautioned that excessive instances
of withdrawals, incompletes, or repeated or failed courses may
result in future ineligibility for financial aid. students are also
cautioned to be aware of limits on each student aid fund and to
not exhaust eligibility through slow progress.
Return of Title IV Funds
General Information
students receiving federal financial aid who withdraw, drop out,
or are dismissed on or before the 60 percent point in time of the
period of enrollment (calculated using calendar days), a portion of
the title iv federal funds awarded to the student (federal stafford
loans—subsidized and unsubsidized, federal PlUs loans—
graduate or dependent, Perkins loan, Pell Grant, and FsEoG)
must be returned, according to the Federal Formula for Return of
title iv funds as specified in §484B of the provisions of the higher
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