Satisfactory Academic Progress - Monitoring Procedures

The Student Financial Services Office will monitor satisfactory academic progress for all students receiving federal or state financial aid to ensure that they are making progress toward program completion. Associate degree, diploma and certificate programs will be reviewed for satisfactory academic progress at the end of each term enrolled. The standards defining satisfactory academic progress for Midlands Technical College students are outlined below.

Fresh Start:
The federal government requires the Student Financial Services Office to track students' academic progress from the first date of enrollment, whether or not financial aid was received.

Students approved for the Fresh Start Program should be aware that financial aid requirements regarding prior attendance and cumulative eligibility must be considered from the first date of enrollment. Federal and state regulations prohibit the awarding of financial assistance beyond 150 percent of the published program length.

Course Withdrawals, Incomplete Courses, Repetitions, Remedial or Noncredit Remedial:
Students who receive federal or state financial aid must be aware that repeated courses; noncredit remedial courses and grades of W, WF, I and CF will be considered in assessing their progress toward completion. Students who do not satisfactorily complete at least 70 percent of attempted hours will no longer be eligible for federal or state assistance.

Developmental Studies Standards of Progress:
Financial Aid recipients may take a maximum of 30 credit hours in Developmental Studies (DVS) course work. Students enrolled in DVS classes only must receive grades of A, B or C in at least half of their classes to remain in good standing. DVS students who do not meet this requirement will be placed on probation during the next term in which they enroll in the college.

Transfer Students:
All transfer students, except those on suspension from a previous institution, will be considered to be making satisfactory progress based on the number of credit hours accepted toward their program of study. Each academic record will otherwise be reviewed at the end of the required period of enrollment (i.e., at the end of each enrolled term).

Change of Major(s):
A student who changes majors is still responsible for maintaining satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the procedure as outlined. A review of satisfactory academic progress will be based on the student's current program of study. A student changing from an associate program into a diploma or certificate program of study may lose federal and state eligibility immediately upon making the change.

Additional Program(s) of Study:
Effective with award year 1997-98, students pursuing a second degree are required to submit an official program assessment (for the current program of study) along with an appeal request form. Students seeking to obtain a second degree may be eligible to complete the second program of study after the first diploma, certificate, or degree has been awarded by the college. The maximum time frame will be based on the number of hours transferred from the first program of study and any other documented transfer of hours that are counted toward the second program of study.