UAM Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

All students at UAM must conform to the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s (UAM) definition of satisfactory progress. The Standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress at the UAM are as follows:

Qualitative standards: A student must earn a cumulative and term grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 consistent with the institution’s academic standing policy, as stated in the UAM catalog, to receive student financial aid. A student who is suspended (by academic policy) because of failure to maintain the minimum GPA is not making satisfactory academic progress and will not be eligible for financial aid. NOTE: PERMISSION FROM THE ACADEMIC APPEALS COMMITTEE FOR A SUSPENDED STUDENT TO ENROLL DOES NOT REINSTATE THAT STUDENT TO THE FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS.
Quantitative standards: A student is considered to be making Satisfactory Academic Progress when the following minimum standards are met:

Hours Enrolled per Term Hours Earned per Term

12+ 9

9-11 6

6-8 3

3-5 3

The following grades will not be considered as hours earned "W", "I", "AU", or "F".
Academic progress will be reviewed at the end of each semester. Those students not meeting the requirements stated above will be placed on Financial Aid Probation during the next semester of enrollment and will receive a letter of probation. The student may continue to receive financial assistance during the probationary period. If the satisfactory academic progress standards have not been met at the end of the probationary period, the student will be DENIED assistance from federal, state, and institutional sources and will receive a Financial Aid Denial letter.
A student admitted to UAM on Conditional Academic Standing will be placed on Financial Aid Probation. A student who remains on Conditional Academic Standing (by academic office) for any subsequent term(s) will:

(1) Remain on Financial Aid Probation until Conditional
     Academic Standing is removed (by academic office)
                                            OR
(2) Be DENIED further financial aid if quantitative standards are
     not met (see #2).
A student who has been placed on Financial Aid Denial will NOT receive any types of federal, state, or institutional aid until one of the following conditions is met: (1) The student must earn (at his/her own expense) six (6) credit hours at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and earn a grade point average of 2.00 term or cumulative. (2) The Financial Aid Appeals Committee reinstates the student’s financial assistance due to mitigating or extenuating circumstances for which there is supporting documentation.
A student who meets the standard to be removed for Financial Aid Denial will be placed on Financial Aid Probation for the next period of enrollment.

Appeals for reinstatement of financial assistance must be submitted in writing with supporting documentation attached to the Director of Financial Aid by the deadline as stated on the Financial Aid Denial letter. Appeals are read and decisions are made by a Financial Aid Appeals Committee comprised of faculty, staff, and students. The decision of the Financial Aid Appeals Committee is final, there is no further avenue of appeal.
The maximum time frame allowed for a student at UAM to complete an undergraduate program of study shall be limited to the accumulation of 186 attempted hours (including transfer hours and grades of "W", "F", and "I"). Eligibility for all Title IV programs is terminated for any student once 186 attempted college hours have been posted to the undergraduate student’s official transcript or 54 attempted college hours have been posted to the graduate student’s official transcript.
In order to receive any type of federal, state, or institutional financial aid, a student must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress, even if no financial aid was previously received.