1. Advanced Satisfactory Academic Progress
Randi Boelkes - Mercy College of Health Sciences
Brittany Peterson - Iowa State University

2. SAP for $1000, Alex!
At what intervals must institutions check SAP status to be allowed to place a student on financial aid warning status?
Annually, at the end of each academic year.
Annually, at the end of each calendar year.
At the end of each payment period.
At the end of the payment period after which the student advances to a new grade level.

3. Annual review VS Payment period review
Evaluation
Annual review VS Payment period review
More frequently?
To get an idea of our audience

4. Phone a Friend
When referring to the consistent application of SAP standards, an institutionally-defined category of students could include…
members of fraternities and sororities.
underclassmen (freshmen and sophomores).
members of the honor roll.
Students who are working while enrolled.

5. Notifications
Paper Letter
Restrictive Hold on Student Account ?

6. SAP Committee Mercy College of Health Sciences Iowa State University
Three signatures required
Two FA signatures, One non-FA signature
Iowa State University
Online self-assessment reviewed by academic adviser
3 FA advisers
Potentially denied appeals reviewed by all 3 FA advisers, our supervisor, and FA director

7. MCHS SAP Appeal Student notified of SAP suspension
Student completes paper SAP Appeal Form
Appeal committee of two FA and one non-FA determines approval or denial
If denied, student notified and will be responsible for out of pocket payments.

8. MCHS SAP Application
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9. MCHS SAP Committee Form
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10. ISU SAP Appeal
Student submits online Academic Intervention Self-Assessment
(AISA)
Academic adviser reviews AISA with student and electronically signs off
AISA routed to FA for review

11. ISU SAP Appeal approved
FA adviser s student their academic plan requirements
FA adviser reviews AISA
approved
denied
denied
FA adviser s student their private student loan options
SAP committee reviews AISA

12. ISU SAP Appeal Academic Intervention Self-Assessment
FA adviser reviews AISA

13. Academic Plan Restrictions
Number of credits
Number of withdrawals
Lowest acceptable grade
Doesn’t allow incompletes

14. Scenario
A student’s SAP appeal has been approved with an academic plan that requires the student to earn a 2.0 semester GPA and complete 67% semester coursework. The student fails to meet the academic plan requirement, but is now meeting cumulative SAP requirements. Do you allow the student to receive aid or do you require the student to appeal for aid consideration?

15. Deal or No Deal?
For the purposes of determining SAP status, a summer term is treated as…
an addition to the spring.
an addition to the fall.
a stand-alone term, with SAP determined in the same manner as other terms.
though it is not part of the regular academic year.

16. A reasonable SAP policy includes which of the following?
No Whammies!
A reasonable SAP policy includes which of the following?
How its policy compares to other schools in the same state.
Requirements that are at least as strict as the institutions academic progress policy for non-Title IV aid recipients.
How the average GPAs of its current student body compare on a bell curve distribution and how will this impact a decision on an acceptable GPA requirement.
The impact of various policies on enrollment numbers at your institution.

17. R-S-T-L-N-E
As a freshman, Hima must complete 60% of her attempted credit hours to meet her school’s SAP standards. As a sophomore, she must complete 65% of her attempted credit hours to meet her school’s SAP standards. This is an example of...
An incorrect SAP policy.
A fixed quantitative standard.
A graduated quantitative standard.
An adjusted qualitative standard.

18. The Secret Password is...
In cases where one payment period on probation is not sufficient for the student to meet minimum SAP standards, an institution may consider...
An automatic extension of the time allowed to meet SAP standards.
Forgiveness of previous payment period SAP issues to ensure the minimum SAP standards are met.
Monthly meetings between the student and financial aid staff to ensure progress is being made.
An academic plan specifying appropriate checkpoints and milestones to be achieved by the student.

19. Which is true regarding a school’s SAP policy?
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Which is true regarding a school’s SAP policy?
The financial aid SAP policy may be less strict that the academic policy for non-Title IV aid recipients.
Regulations specify how course incompletes affect a student’s GPA and pace.
Transfer credits accepted toward a student’s program must count as both attempted and completed hours.
Institutions are required to include remdial coursework in the calculation of pace.

20. How do withdrawals affect SAP progress?
X gets the Square!
How do withdrawals affect SAP progress?
Withdrawals count as courses attempted.
Withdrawals do not affect SAP.
Withdrawals count as courses completed.
Withdrawals increase the maximum timeframe.

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Which of the following is correct answer for clock-hour program?
You may evaluate SAP at any point your school deems appropriate.
You must evaluate SAP on the date established by the US DOE, as published annually in the Federal Register.
You may evaluate SAP once the student attended all scheduled hours for the payment period.
You may evaluate SAP for the payment period once the students scheduled clock hours have elapsed.