STUDENT APPEALS PROCESS
If an extraordinary situation adversely affects progress toward successful completion of a program of study, a student may request an appeal by submitting an Appeal Form and supporting documentation to the Financial Aid Office. Appeal Forms are available to be printed from the Forms Library on the Financial Aid Office webpage. The deadline for requesting an appeal is July 15.
A Student Appeals Committee comprised of faculty, staff, and student representatives review and evaluate all appeal requests. They will consider the circumstances identified, supporting documentation provided, academic history, and success potential of the student in their deliberation. The decision of the Student Appeals Committee is final. The following circumstances might be considered reasonable for appeal:
- Illness or injury of the student or a dependent of the student,
- Death of a family member, or
- Other emergency or catastrophic events
This policy does not preclude a student from enrolling in subsequent semesters without the use of financial aid funding.
REINSTATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
Students on Financial Aid Suspension may have their eligibility reinstated once all satisfactory academic progress standards are met or with the approval of the Student Appeals Committee, as described above. Meeting the standards may be done in one of the following manners, depending on individual circumstances:
- Submitting a transcript that confirms the successful completion of concurrent enrollment, if that credit together with the credit from UT Tyler will meet the standards;
- Completing grades of “I” or having grade changes posted to the transcript;
- Earning a minimum 75% successful completion rate from attending a semester at UT Tyler without financial aid funding and not exceeding the maximum timeframe for program completion.
APPLICATION OF POLICY
Example: Student A attempted 6 hours in the summer term, but failed 3 hours. He is currently a senior, has attempted a total of 163 hours and has a GPA of 2.4. His completion rate for summer is 50% so he did not meet the standard of completion for summer, but he was eligible to continue receiving aid because the formal assessment is done annually at the end of the spring semester.
He continued enrollment in the fall term for 12 hours, and successfully completed all 12. He successfully completed a total of 15 hours of 18 hours attempted, giving him a completion rate of 83% (15/18=.83 or 83%) and a total of 181 attempted hours with a 2.6 GPA. At this point the student is meeting 2 of the 3 components of the standard, but he is still eligible to get aid for spring because the formal assessment will not be conducted until after spring grades are posted.
Student A enrolled in spring for 12 hours, and completed 9 of them successfully and withdrew from 3 hours. He has a 2.6 GPA and a total of 193 hours. The completion assessment would be 24/30=.80 or 80%, which would meet this standard, but the student would be on Financial Aid Suspension for exceeding the maximum time frame for completing his program of study. |
