Cuyahoga Community College participates in the US Department of Education's Quality Assurance program. As a result, a student may be asked at any time during the term to provide income and household information. If there are differences between your FAFSA application and the documents provided, Tri-C will make appropriate adjustments to your account. These adjustments may impact your current financial aid award(s). Failure to submit the requested materials may result in repayment of all federal funds.
A student has the right to authorize Tri-C to use their federal financial aid award to assist with the costs of such non-institutional charges as parking or library fines, as well as other charges, applied to their student account. Each student is asked to accept or decline this right during the initial application process and may rescind the decision at any time in writing to the Student Financial Assistance office.
Each academic year, Tri-C revises and publishes a version of the Student Financial Aid Handbook, which outlines policies and procedures. View the 2008-2009 Handbook here.
Federal regulations require that Tri-C review the academic progress of students receiving federal assistance (Federal Pell Grant, Federal Work-Study and Federal loans). This review is completed at the end of each semester (Tri-C's, Satisfactory Academic Progress policy).
Eligibility for student financial assistance is determined based on your enrollment status on the 15th day of the session in which you are enrolled (15th day policy).
Tri-C’s Student Financial Aid office encourages its students to read and understand the withdrawal and repayment policy carefully. These policies affect your financial responsibility should you change your enrollment status. Students who are considering a withdrawal from all classes should contact their campus Student Financial Aid office to determine how a change in status will affect their aid. Because financial assistance funds are paid based on a student’s attendance, any change in status may cause financial aid funds to need to be repaid. The college understands that unforeseen events may occur in student’s lives that result in a student’s withdrawal from school. Due to these situations, it is very important that students understand this policy and follow the appropriate steps to withdraw when necessary.