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Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rights & Responsibilities

Student Rights

  1. Information is to be readily available to students regarding the following:
    • Application procedures and deadlines
    • Available programs
    • Methods of determining financial need
    • Determination of financial aid awards
    • Disbursement of awards
    • Award changes and their reasons
    • Reasons for aid refusal
    • The name of accrediting organizations for the University
    • Special facilities and services for disabled students
    • Satisfactory Academic Progress standards and what happens if standards are not met
    • Information about work study (if awarded), such as what types of jobs, hours, duties, rates of pay, and how and when wages are paid
  3. A Financial Aid Advisor must be available to talk to students during normal operating hours regarding their problems and needs.
  4. Students have the right to appeal to the Financial Aid Advisory Committee regarding decisions or situations they view as unfavorable.
    • A copy of the promissory note indicating the specifics of the loan
    • Specifics of the repayment plan
    • Truth-in-lending requirements
    • Cancellation or deferment provisions that apply
  5. Students borrowing under the Perkins Loan program have the right to the following information:

Student Responsibilities

  1. Students are to abide by published application procedures and deadlines.
  2. Students must keep their address current, either through the Online Student Center or by notifying the Office of Admissions and Records in writing of change of address. Students will also have to submit their new addresses to Student Employment if they have work study or on campus hourly jobs.
  3. Students are to maintain satisfactory academic progress as outlined by the policy in order to retain eligibility for financial aid.
  4. Students are to notify the Office of Financial Aid of all changes in their enrollment status, for example, from full-time to less than full-time, from nonresident to resident tuition, etc.
    • Arrange for an exit interview with the Loan Manager in the Student Financial Services Office
    • Notify the Loan Manager in the Student Financial Services Office of current address and telephone
    • Notify the Loan Manager in the Student Financial Services Office of cancellation or deferment (when applicable)
    • Begin repaying loan when required
    • There are deferments for which you can apply, so become familiar with them


  5. Students with Perkins Loans are to follow these procedures when they terminate enrollment:
    • Complete online exit counseling
    • Notify lender that you are leaving school
    • Begin repaying loan when required
    • There are deferments for which you can apply, so become familiar with them
  6. Students with Stafford and/or PLUS loans are to follow these procedures when they terminate enrollment: