Verification of Attendance
The policy below relates ONLY to Federal Title IV aid (Pell Grant, SEOG, Work-Study, Direct Loans, Perkins Loan, and PLUS loans (PPLUS and GPLUS). Institutional, state, and private awards are not included.
Per federal regulations, students establish eligibility for aid only if they actually attend their classes. Students’ presence in class will be documented by the instructor through taking roll. This will be done at one of the class meetings within the first two weeks of class for a regular fall/spring semester (shorter time frames apply for mini-terms like summer).
All courses must be verified. Note that this policy also applies to online classes, study abroad, and internships – although the methods of “attendance collection” are modified.
Processing of federal aid is affected by non-attendance in the following ways:
- For summer terms, no federal aid will be released until attendance is confirmed.
- Following the last day to add/drop for the term, enrollment information will be evaluated based on the courses in which students are registered. These are the credit hours that will be used to determine students' final aid eligibility for the term. Please see the Academic Calendar to confirm the last day to add/drop for each term.
After the last day to add/drop, students will be withdrawn from classes that they failed to attend and “W” grades will be posted to their records. For more information, please see the Attendance section of the catalog. Students will still be responsible for tuition and fees (see Credit for Tuition and Fee Charges).