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It appears that students enrolled at Chicago State University were awarded Financial Aid even though they failed to meet the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) criteria.
Although this is a state financial aid issue, The U.S. Department of Education is rolling out new SAP standards for Colleges and Universities that participate in the Title IV program, and I suspect we are going to see many more stories like this one.
That SAP thing is a joke. I have no idea why tax payer money goes to under-performing students. College is not highschool... taxpayer money should not be wasted on those who plan on just sliding through.
This college should be required to pay every cent back.
This university has a long history of financial problems and political shenanigans. For all those who blame the for-profits for all the problems of higher ed this public university takes the cake. Its just one thing after another with this school. Academically it's pretty bad and a degree from there isn't worth much.
To be honest they should shut down this school and reuse the campus as a satellite location for a real college.
Chicago State has always been a bit of a joke. Academic rigor is completely unknown there. It's not entirely the university's fault. The university was founded at a time when many similar institutions were created to make a place for those who weren't cut out for university life but wanted a chance to avoid the stigma of not having a degree.
And once again, we have to read between the lines of the article:
1. The actual number of students who erroneously received aid is around 4%. And that number may drop as students have not yet had a chance to appeal the notice that they have lost this aid. The tribune in their full article (not the 'breaking news' brief that you linked) outlines several scenarios in which a person would be eligible for MAP and still have a GPA of 0.0.
2. The actual award amount is not mentioned in the article. Maximum amount is ~$5k, but not every student receives the full amount. Curiously, no media outlet has mentioned a full amount, which tends to suggest that the true amount is far less dramatic than they would like you to believe.
3. There has been no suggestion that any of these students actually received a degree or even a grade that they did not deserve. I would be far more concerned if the issue where the granting of academic credentials, rather than just money. Of course its frustrating as a taxpayer, but money can be recouped. False credentials cannot.
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