Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
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
See also Subtopics for more specific references.
Federal Register, 10/29/10 (Final Rule)
Academically Eligible and Ineligible Pell Grant Community College Students: A Qualitative Investigation
(Community College Review)
Federal Financial Aid Policy Change: The Impact of the 2010 Revised Satisfactory Academic Progress Guidelines on Student Retention
(ProQuest Dissertations Publishing)
Monograph #25, Satisfactory Academic Progress
(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
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)
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)
Satisfactory Academic Progress AskRegs Knowledgebase Q&As
(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
Satisfactory Academic Progress Self-Study Guide
(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
Understanding Satisfactory Academic Progress And Persistence: A Case Study
(University of New England)
(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)
What Works for Today's Students - Satisfactory Academic Progress Reset
(Higher Learning Advocates)
See top list entry for Student Eligibility
Electronic Announcement, 5/15/20
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Federal Register, 9/2/20, pp. 54780, 54794
Federal Register, 10/29/10, p. 66886
Electronic Announcement, 5/15/20
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Federal Register, 9/2/20, p. 54794
Electronic Announcement, 5/15/20
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Electronic Announcement, 4/3/20
Program Integrity Q&A, Satisfactory Academic Progress, SAP-Q7/SAP-A7
Federal Register, 9/2/20 p. 54794
Electronic Announcement, 5/15/20
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Electronic Announcement, 4/3/20
Program Integrity Q&A, Satisfactory Academic Progress,R-Q1/R-A1
Electronic Announcement, 1/15/21 (OPE Announcements-21-05)
Electronic Announcement, 5/15/20
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)