2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College
2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College
2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College
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Academic xxxxxxx Policies, Procedures & Support Services<br />
FINANCIAL aiD SATisfaCTORY ACADemiC Progress<br />
Satisfactory academic progress for Financial Aid recipients is as follows:<br />
• Students shall maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA.<br />
• Students are required to maintain a satisfactory pace in progressing toward their certificate or degree. Pace is<br />
determined by computing the percentage from the academic record of cumulative units earned divided by<br />
cumulative units attempted. The resulting pace must be 67% or higher.<br />
• Remedial courses are included in the cumulative GPA and pace calculations along with all other courses.<br />
• Students who attempt nine or more units in a single semester must earn a semester GPA of at least 1.00.<br />
• Students are expected to earn their certificate or associate degree before they have attempted 150% of the<br />
published length of the program.<br />
“Attempted units” are all courses the student has received a grade on for their transcript, including F, W, FW, IP,<br />
RD, I or NP grades. Grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, D+, D and P are considered units earned.<br />
1. Financial Aid Satisfactory<br />
Academic Progress Probation<br />
Students who drop below a cumulative 2.0 GPA and/or<br />
who do not earn 67% of their cumulative attempted<br />
units will be placed on Financial Aid Warning for the next<br />
semester they enroll at FRC.<br />
Basis for FA Disqualification<br />
Students who are on Financial Aid Satisfactory<br />
Academic Progress Warning and who do not meet<br />
both the minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA requirement<br />
and 67% pace at the end of their FA Warning semester.<br />
Other conditions for FA Disqualification:<br />
1. Students who do not earn any units in a<br />
semester.<br />
2. Students who are on Academic or Progress<br />
Dismissal from FRC immediately become<br />
ineligible for financial aid.<br />
2. Financial Aid Maximum Time Frame Basis for FA Disqualification<br />
Federal regulations state that students must complete<br />
their program before they reach the maximum time frame<br />
which is 150% of the published length of the program.<br />
Students who do not earn their degree or certificate or<br />
transfer by the time they have attempted 150% of the<br />
units required for their program will lose eligibility for aid<br />
at FRC. See the Financial Aid section of this catalog for<br />
more details.<br />
Students who have reached their maximum time frame<br />
will be disqualified from receiving financial aid at FRC.<br />
3. Financial Aid Program Completion Basis for FA Disqualification<br />
Students who have earned their program at FRC by<br />
earning their certificate or degree will lose eligibility for<br />
aid at FRC<br />
Students who have earned their program at FRC will be<br />
disqualified from receiving financial aid at FRC.<br />
Also, students who have earned an associate, bachelors<br />
or higher degree from another school in the U.S. or<br />
abroad are disqualified from receiving financial aid at<br />
FRC.<br />
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