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Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2012Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP): Appeal of Loss of Eligibility - Academic Plan
A student’s federal financial aid eligibility is terminated if the minimum SAP standards are not met; however, a student has a right to appeal the loss of federal financial aid eligibility if mitigating circumstances (events totally beyond the student’s control) existed.
A SAP appeal must address why the student has failed to make satisfactory progress; it must include documentation of the identified issue and explain what has changed in the student’s situation to enable the student to meet satisfactory progress at the next evaluation point.
To approve an appeal, the school must determine that the student should be able to make satisfactory progress during the next payment period (e.g., semester), or the school must develop a SAP Academic Plan to ensure that the student is able to meet overall SAP requirements by a specified point.
A student must complete the SAP Academic Plan with his or her academic adviser. If academic advisers have questions about this process, they may contact Heather Maldonado, assistant dean of University College and director of academic standards, ext. 5222.
The SAP appeal form and the SAP Academic Plan are available on the Academic Standards website. No SAP appeals will be approved without all required documentation being submitted to the Academic Standards Office before the published deadline.
Friday, January 27, 2012
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