Student Rights and Responsibilities

Rights:
The student has the right to receive the following information from the school:

• What financial assistance is available, including information on all federal, state and institutional financial aid programs.
• The procedures and deadlines for submitting applications for each available financial aid program.
• How financial aid recipients are selected.
• How financial need is determined.
• How and when financial aid will be disbursed.
• The criteria for measuring satisfactory academic progress, and how a student who has failed to maintain satisfactory progress may reestablish eligibility for federal and state financial aid.

Responsibilities:
The student is responsible for:

• Submitting the appropriate application forms within published deadline dates.
• Responding to all requests for additional information in a timely manner.
• Informing the Student Financial Services Office in writing or via email of all grants, scholarships, or other funds received for his/her educational costs from outside organizations.
• Informing the Student Financial Services Office of any changes in financial status, marital status, name changes, address changes, and any other information which may affect the student's eligibility for financial aid.
• Maintaining satisfactory academic progress.
• Using all refunds of financial aid for expenses related to his/her education.
• Formally withdrawing from the University, if necessary, so that the University can meet federal guidelines concerning conducting exit Interviews prior to the student's leaving the school.