Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
Federal regulations require that students receiving Federal financial aid must make satisfactory progress as defined by the college. Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute has elected to apply the standards set forth below to all students who received aid from any of the following programs: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Work-Study Program, North Carolina Community College Grant, North Carolina Education Lottery, and institutional aid.
Financial aid satisfactory academic progress will have three standards of measurement. These are qualitative, quantitative, and maximum time frame.
GPA Rule
- The qualitative measurement for financial aid shall be a cumulative grade point average minimum of 2.0.
67 Percent Rule
- The quantitative measurement will be a completion rate of two-thirds of all (cumulative) attempted credit hours. Better referred to as the 67 percent rule. Students must successfully complete 67 percent of the hours attempted (registered for) to meet the minimum requirements. Successful completion is defined as receiving a grade of A, B, C, or D.
150 Percent Rule
- The maximum time frame allowable will be 150 percent of the required credit hours in the recipient’s current academic program. For example, if a program of study requires 64 credit hours to complete a degree, the student may attempt a maximum of 96 hours before the student exceeds his or her eligibility for financial aid (i.e. 64 X 1.5 = 96). Up to 30 credit hours of required remedial course work will not be a part of the attempted hour count. Students that reach the maximum time frame will automatically be placed on Financial Aid Suspension.
NOTE: There is a limit to the amount of federal and state aid for which you are eligible. Students are eligible to receive the Federal Pell Grant for the equivalent of six years or twelve full-time semesters of combined enrollment at all institutions. State grants are even less. If students fail to meet one of the SAP criteria listed above, they will lose their aid.