To receive financial aid under the programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) as amended, including College Work Study, Perkins Loan, and Stafford/SLS loans, a student must maintain satisfactory academic progress as described in Satisfactory Academic Progress in section VII.A.. Federal regulations require that such institutions measure such progress at least once a year. Students who are correcting deficiencies in a manner prescribed by the department (or program) chair or who are granted extensions will ordinarily be eligible for financial aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. A student who is not maintaining satisfactory progress, and whose inadequate progress is not judged to be attributable to mitigating circumstances, is ineligible to receive financial aid from the aforementioned programs. For more on this and other financial aid policies, Ph.D. students in the 31 Arts and Sciences programs should consult Financial Matters in section II in the Ph.D. Student Handbook and Overview of GSAS Multi-year Fellowship Support in section III in the Ph.D. Student Handbook. Students in the non-Arts and Sciences should see Financial Matters in section II in the Ph.D. Student Handbook and consult with their Ph.D. program.

Additional financial aid information for all students can be found on the GSAS Financial Aid Web site at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/pages/cstudents/fin-aid/office/index.html   Students in free-standing M.A. programs should also consult M.A. Student Handbook available on the GSAS Web site. Ph.D. students in the 31 Arts and Sciences Programs should consult GSAS Ph.D. Student Handbook, Overview of GSAS Multi-year Fellowship Support in the 31 Arts and Sciences Ph.D. Programs in section III in GSAS Ph.D. Student Handbook or at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas for detailed information on financial aid and fellowships. Students in programs outside the Arts and Sciences should check with the dean of their school.