To maintain eligibility for federal student assistance, students must maintain progress in their academic programs. Progress has both qualitative and quantitative aspects: ...

To maintain eligibility for federal student assistance, students must maintain progress in their academic programs. Progress has both qualitative and quantitative aspects: that is, the student must be attaining acceptable grades over a limited time period in order to complete his or her academic objective. The school is responsible for establishing the specific requirements for satisfactory academic performance, tracking their students’ progress, and enforcing the consequences of unsatisfactory progress.

Related terms: Student Eligibility; Administrative Capability

To maintain eligibility for federal student assistance, students must maintain progress in their academic programs. Progress has both qualitative and quantitative aspects: that is, the student must be attaining acceptable grades over a limited time period in order to complete his or her academic objective. The school is responsible for establishing the specific requirements for satisfactory academic performance, tracking their students’ progress, and enforcing the consequences of unsatisfactory progress.

Related terms: Student Eligibility; Administrative Capability

Web URL Academically Eligible and Ineligible Pell Grant Community College Students: A Qualitative Investigation

(Community College Review)

PDF A Matter of Degree: Using Behavioral Science to Identify Barriers to Credit Intensity and Satisfactory Academic Progress

(MDRC)

Web URL Federal Financial Aid Policy Change: The Impact of the 2010 Revised Satisfactory Academic Progress Guidelines on Student Retention

(ProQuest Dissertations Publishing)

Web URL Monograph #25, Satisfactory Academic Progress

(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)

Web URL Pell Grants as Performance-Based Scholarships? An Examination of Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements in the Nation’s Largest Need-Based Aid Program

(Research in Higher Education)

PDF Performance Requirements in Need-Based Aid: What Roles Do They Serve, and Do They Work? Research Brief

(Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment)

Web URL Satisfactory Academic Progress AskRegs Knowledgebase Q&As

(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)

Web URL Satisfactory Academic Progress Self-Study Guide

(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)

Web URL Understanding Satisfactory Academic Progress And Persistence: A Case Study

(University of New England)

PDF (Un)Fulfilling Requirements Satisfactory Academic Progress and its Impact on First-Generation, Low-Income, Asian American Students

(Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs)

PDF What Works for Today's Students - Satisfactory Academic Progress Reset

(Higher Learning Advocates)

See top list entry for Student Eligibility

Web URL 668.34(a)(2)
Web URL 668.42(c)(2)
Web URL 668.34(a)(6)
Web URL Electronic Announcement, 5/15/20

UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Web URL Electronic Announcement, 4/3/20
New! PDF 2023-24 FSA Handbook, Vol. 1, Ch. 1, February 2023
PDF 2022-23 FSA Handbook, Vol. 1, Ch. 1, June 2022
Web URL 668.34(a)(7)
Web URL 668.232(b)
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