Revised 11/19/07
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College of DuPage
OFFICE OF STUDENT
FINANCIAL AID
MINIMUM ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL AID
In accordance with the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Act, the College of DuPage must
establish a Minimum Academic Requirements for Financial Aid Policy for students receiving financial aid
from the following programs:
Federal Pell Grant
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
Federal Work Study (FWS)
Federal Stafford Loan (Subsidized and Unsubsidized)
Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
Illinois State Monetary Award Program Grant (MAP)
Illinois Incentive for Access Grant (IIA)
Illinois Student-to-Student Grant (STS)
Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG)
Illinois National Guard Grant (ING)
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the Minimum Academic Requirements
and to ensure compliance with these standards.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Minimum Academic Requirements for Financial Aid Policy is to ensure that financial aid
recipients are attending College of DuPage to receive an education and not to secure financial aid dollars
only. Students who fail to demonstrate satisfactory progress towards the completion of their education (i.e.,
not attending classes, deferring grades, withdrawing from classes, or failing classes) will become ineligible
to receive financial aid.
Students must be in an eligible degree program, certificate program, or transfer curriculum to receive
financial aid at College of DuPage. Federal regulations require that the Minimum Academic Requirements
for Financial Aid be applied to a student’s academic performance regardless of whether or not financial aid
has previously been received. When applying these standards, the student’s full academic record at
College of DuPage and any credit hours transferred to the College are taken into consideration. Students
who have previously attended College of DuPage, but have