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Lanier Technical College Satisfactory Academic
Progress Policy for Students Receiving Federal
or State Financial Aid
  
 
     
Students receiving financial aid from federal and state programs must be making satisfactory progress toward their diploma, certificate, or degree. Students are responsible for maintaining an acceptable level of progress regarding quality and quantity of work. Financial aid regulations require that we monitor course completion rate as well as cumulative GPA. To maintain eligibility for financial aid at Lanier Technical College, students must earn a cumulative GPA (grade point average) of 2.0 or better, and satisfactorily complete at least two-thirds (67%) of all course work (credit hours) attempted.

Effective Summer Quarter 2008, Lanier Technical College will provide a three day "NO HARM-NO FOUL" drop period for all students. Students who withdraw from a course by the end of the third instructional day of the quarter will receive no grade for the course and these courses will NOT appear on the student's academic transcript. Note: An instructional day is based on the academic calendar, not an individual student's schedule. Courses dropped after the end of the third instructional day of the quarter shall receive a grade of W (withdraw), WP (withdrawn passing), and/or WF (withdrawn failing). Grades of I, W, WP, and IP are not used in calculating a student's GPA, but are counted as course work attempted. Courses receiving grades of W, WP, WF, I, IP, and F are not considered satisfactorily completed hours and will affect a student's future financial aid eligibility.

The Offices of Student Affairs and Financial Aid have developed the following standards of satisfactory progress which a student must achieve in order to maintain federal/state aid eligibility.