Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

stuDent Financial assistanceVERIFICATIONStudents selected for verification by the United States Departmentof Educaton or Chesapeake College, must provde all necessaryfinancial documents before any financial aid will be disbursed.Falure to comply may result n the student beng responsble forall nsttutonal charges ncurred for the term.WITHDRAWALSFederal financial aid recipients who withdraw completely from theterm wll be subject to regulatons governng the return of federalfunds. Federal funds wll be prorated usng software provdedby the Unted States Department of Educaton. Students owng arefund wll not be permtted to regster for future terms untl thebalance s pad n full. Attendance wll be montored and unofficialwithdrawals will be subject to the same federal regulations.Students reported as never attendng class wll have ther entread package rescnded. Students wll be responsble for all nsttutonalcharges ncurred for the term.Policies Governing FederalFinancial AidSatisfactory academic progressSatisfactory Academic Progress PolicyThe Unted States Department of Educaton mandates ChesapeakeCollege to have an establshed Satsfactory Academc Progresspolicy for financial aid students. The policy must be qualitative(grade pont average requrement) and quanttatve (maxmumtme frame for completon) and mnmum passng of coursework.A students’ entre academc record wll be evaluated once theyapply for financial aid. The policy must be at least as strict as theacademic policy governing students not receiving financial aid.Progress wll be montored once the student attempts ther 6 thcredt hour.In order to have an equtable polcy for both full-tme and parttmestudents, the graduated grade pont average wll be utlzed.Status wll be checked every semester, ncludng summer. If ts determned that a student s not makng satsfactory progress,they wll be placed on Financial Aid Warning the followng term(including summer). The student will be eligible for financial aidfor one term. If at the end of the followng semester the studenthas not obtaned a 2.0 cumulatve grade pont average or a gradepont average equvalent to ther earned credt hours and/orcompleted at least 67 percent of ther attempted courses, they wllbe placed on Financial Aid Suspension and nelgble for all ad.Non-enrollment perods do not mprove a student’s status.29Graduated Qualitative StandardChesapeake College requres students to have a 2.0 cumulatvegrade pont average to graduate. The graduated standard for themnmum GPA throughout the academc program s as follows:Students wth less than 30 hours - 1.5 GPAStudents wth 31 to 60 hours - 1.7 GPAStudents wth 61 +- 2.0 GPAQuantitative StandardsStudents must complete 67 percent of all course work attempteddurng each semester and cumulatvely. Transfer credts wll counttowards attempted and earned courses. Example: Student enrollsn 12 credt hours for the fall term and completes only sx credthours at the end of the term. The completon rate s as follows:12 attempted credit hours / 6 completed credit hours = 50%completion rate.Maximum TimeframeA student will be given a maximum time frame of 150% to completetheir program of study. This will hold true for certificate andAA degree programs.The average AA program requres 65 credt hours for programcompleton; the maxmum tme frame cannot exceed 97 attemptedcredt hours (65 x 150% = 97). The average certificate program requres29 hours for program completon; the maxmum tme framecannot exceed 43 attempted credt hours (29 x 150% = 43).