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FINANCIAL AID
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2017-2018
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Regular semester
denotes fall term or spring term.
Full-time
students are enrolled in at least three units per regular term.
Part-time
students are enrolled in fewer than three units per regular term.
Completed unit
refers to a unit successfully completed with a passing grade.
Attempted unit
refers to a unit attempted and either successfully or unsuccessfully
completed. Attempted units include incompletes, dropped units, official withdrawals,
unofficial withdrawals, unsatisfactory grades, failing grades, and repeated units.
Title IV programs
include Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants (SEOG), Federal Work Study, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Direct
Student Loans, and Federal Direct Parent Loans, as well as any other program defined as
Title IV by the federal government.
To be eligible for Title IV aid, the student must be making satisfactory academic progress
by meeting all of the following requirements:
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1.500 minimum cumulative GPA = 1 - 6.75 attempted units
1.800 minimum cumulative GPA = 7 - 14.75 attempted units
2.000 minimum cumulative GPA = 15 or more attempted units
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Successful completion of at least 67 percent of all units attempted.
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Completion of all required coursework within 12 regular semesters by full-time
students; within 24 regular semesters by part-time students.
The College evaluates satisfactory academic progress at the end of each spring term. The
Office of Financial Aid suspends Title IV aid and sends a written notice to a student if the
student does not meet the requirements for academic progress for the purpose of
receiving Title IV financial aid.
A student has the right to appeal the decision to suspend Title IV eligibility based on
failure to meet minimum standards of academic progress. The Office of Financial Aid
provides an appeal form that may be submitted by the student and an academic plan form
that must be approved by the Provost’s Office. An appeal is reviewed promptly and the
student is notified in writing of the decision. The decision may include a probationary
period or a specific plan to assist the student to reinstate Title IV eligibility. The decision
of the Provost’s Office is final.
A student who loses Title IV eligibility as a result of this policy may attend the College
without benefit of Title IV aid if the student is otherwise eligible to enroll. If the student’s
academic progress improves and meets minimum standards of academic progress and the
student is otherwise eligible for Title IV aid, eligibility may be reinstated.