Mohave Community College

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Students must enroll in an eligible program. The following program and courses are not eligible for financial aid:

  • Ineligible Programs 
    • Professional Truck Driver Training
  • Ineligible Courses:
    • Audited Coursework
    • GED Preparation Courses
    • Courses taken for Enrichment such as: (Contact the Financial Aid Office for more information.)
      • Community & Corporate Outreach Courses

    Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (See appeal forms above right.) - To be eligible to receive or continue to receive Title IV financial aid funds which include: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG),Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program (LEAP), Federal family Educational loan Program (FFELP), and Federal Work Study (FWS) ; a student must be enrolled as a regular student and be in good standing. To be in good standing means that a student is permitted attendance and is in compliance with accepted enrollment and behavior practices of the Mohave Community College and the Financial Aid Office.

    Section 43 CFR(S) 668.16(e), 668.32(f) and 668.34 of the Student Assistance General Provisions

    Section 43 CFR(S) 668.16(e), 668.32(f) and 668.34 of the Student Assistance General Provisions requires that a student must be maintaining satisfactory academic progress qualitative and quantitative in the degree or certificate being sought, to be eligible to receive or continue to receive federal financial aid.

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     The quality of progress is measured by the cumulative grade point average (GPA). The quantity of progress requires a maximum time frame in which students must complete educational objectives; after which the student is no longer maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress. It further requires a schedule designating the minimum amount of credits that a student must successfully complete by the end of each semester of enrollments. The credit value of all classes enrolled for, whether or not completed, is part of the measurement of each equivalent semester used to evaluate the quantity of progress. A student who attended the College before applying for financial aid must have met the same standards as an aid recipient. “No institution has the authority to waive this requirement for any student or group of
    students.”

    To ensure financial aid recipients are making satisfactory academic progress, and to determine eligibility for future financial aid, academic transcripts are reviewed at minimum annually, at the time of awarding, and may be reviewed at the end of each enrollment period to ensure satisfactory academic progress standards are being achieved. All terms of attendance are reviewed, including periods in which the student did not receive financial aid.

    A student’s qualitative progress or cumulative grade point average must be 2.00 (C), or its equivalent. The student must continue to earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 throughout the course of attendance.Grade point values are: A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0, D = 1.0, F = 0. Satisfactory (S) grades do no count toward GPA but do count as completed course work.

    The quantitative progress will be based on the total number of credit hours completed each semester. Federal regulations require students to complete their program of study in a 150% time frame. This time frame, as established in this policy, requires students to complete a minimum of 67 percent of attempted credit hours each semester. This means, if a student enrolls for twelve credit hours, the student must complete 8 credit hours. If a student enrolls for 15 credit hours, the student must complete 10 credit hours. Given that most Associate Degree programs require 63 credit hours, the maximum credit hour at Mohave Community College is 95 attempted hours.

    The college does not consider Withdrawals (WP/WF), Fail (F), Incomplete (I), Unsatisfactory (U), Progress (PR), or Audit (AU), as successfully completed course work when determining quantitative progress. Repeat of courses is allowed until the student reaches 150% time frame; at that point, repeats must be approved on a case by case basis by the Financial Aid Office. Courses dropped before expiration of the full refund date are not counted against this calculation.

    Students who are recommended by academic advising to take remedial course work will be given an additional two semesters to complete degree requirements. This recommendation will result from the students ACT/SAT scores or an exam administered by the Testing Center.

    Students completing additional hours; to complete a first degree or double degree, must complete the required Time Frame Extension appeal form and be approved in order to continue receiving federal financial assistance. Generally, an appeal from the student and recommendation from the student’s academic advisor is required stating the course(s) needed to complete a degree, a second major, and the semester the course(s) will be taken.

    Transferred credit hours from other postsecondary institutions will be counted in the quantitative calculation. In keeping with institutional policy, the transferred GPA will not be included in the college’s calculation of the institutional GPA.

    There are instances when no aid will be awarded. This occurs when a student no longer demonstrates a willingness to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress. Furthermore, because this policy allows the lowest possible minimums for measurement of Satisfactory Academic Progress, no probation period will be given. If an aid recipient has his/her student account credited from student aid before grades are available, and it is later determined that he/she is no longer eligible, the Office of Student Financial Service has the right to cancel the student financial aid to recover student aid funds. Circumstances that commonly result in a student being denied aid are:

    • The student’s cumulative GPA is below the scheduled minimum 2.00.
    • The student’s credits completed are less than the scheduled minimum.
    • The student has earned the maximum number of credit hours; 95 or 150% of academic program.
    • The student has completed degree requirements in a particular degree, has changed degrees and has not completed the required appeal.
    • The student’s appeal is denied.

    A student not eligible to receive federal financial aid at the time of application as a result of one or more items listed previously, may again become eligible. To become eligible the student must attend courses, using personal resources, other than federal aid, for the number of semesters needed to raise his/her cumulative GPA and/or complete the credit hours required to equal the scheduled minimum standard. Credit hours completed after suspension of federal aid will be counted as make-up hours when a student is deficient in credit hours towards quantitative progress. However, no payments will be made up in federal aid and no adjustments will be made in future payments to compensate for the loss of aid during semesters of ineligibility.

    Students have the right to appeal suspension of financial aid through the financial aid appeals process. Suspended students will receive a suspension notice from the Office of Student Financial Services with information on the appeals process.