Standards of Academic Process (SAP)


 

In order to remain eligible to receive Title IV, Student Financial Assistance (SFA) program funds while attending Delgado Community College, a student must make steady progress toward the student’s chosen academic goal. The Title IV, Student Financial Assistance includes the following programs:
  • Federal Pell Grant                                                                                           
  • Federal College Work Study (FWS)
  • Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)                     
  • Federal Stafford Loan
  • Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), formerly known as SSIG     
  • Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
  •  Federal Parent Loan (PLUS)
The requirement that a student continue moving toward the student’s goal is known as the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirement. It appears here and in the college catalog for the academic year. It is called the college’s Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy. The following requirements are in compliance with Federal guidelines pertaining to Satisfactory Progress.
 
Standards: The SAP policy has three standards that a student must meet in order to remain eligible to receive Title IV, SFA—a qualitative standard, a quantitative standard, and a time standard.
 
Delgado’s qualitative standard is the student’s cumulative grade point average (CGPA). The qualitative standard requires that as the number of hours attempted increases, the students CGPA increases. Delgado’s qualitative standard is as follows:
Cumulative Credit Hours Attempted           1-29     30-59   60 & above
Minimum CGPA required                           1.50     1.75    2.00
Federal Regulations require that a college have a cumulative quantitative standard in its SAP Policy. Delgado’s cumulative quantitative standard requires that a student satisfactorily complete (earn a passing grade and credit hours) a given number of credit hours for a given number of credit hours attempted.   Delgado’s cumulative quantitative standard is as follows:
Cumulative
Credit Hours Attempted       6-111          12-23      24-35    36-47    48-59      60-71    72-83    84-95    96-992
Minimum Cumulative
Credit Hours Earned              6                9            18          28          38           49          60        72           84

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