Resolution 17-01: P-AID BY THE HOUR

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Number	17-01
Description	The UT Arlington Financial Aid office creates a system to allow certain students to take fewer credit hours for scholarship renewal.
Authored by	Emily Panella
Sponsored by	Suehyun Lee
Date Submitted	Monday, November 7, 2016
Date Considered	Tuesday, April 18, 2017
General Body Vote	Thursday, January 1, 1970
Committee	Student Affairs
Result	n/a
Remarks	Awaiting comments from President Karbhari.
Whereas	The University of Texas at Arlington Scholarship Office offers scholarships for freshmen that can be obtained upon meeting certain class rank/GPA and SAT/ACT scores from high school; and
Whereas	These scholarships can be renewed for up to four years as long as the student maintains a certain GPA and takes 30 hours of UTA courses each academic year; and
Whereas	This 30-hour fulfillment can be very difficult for some students to meet as they may require fewer than 30 credit hours to graduate; and
Whereas	This forces many students to take classes outside of their degree plan in order to complete the 30 credit hour renewal requirements, which distracts them from their required coursework, ultimately affecting their overall major GPA; and
Whereas	Students who require less than 30 credit hours per Academic Year and also maintain the minimum renewal GPA requirements should be waived from the 30 credit hours requirement to renew their Academic scholarship.
Be It Further Resolved That	The UTA Financial Aid Office works with UT Arlington Advising Offices to create a Financial Aid Credit-Hour Exemption Form, available to students who meet the aforementioned criteria, to allow them to take less hours for that academic year to renew their academic scholarships.
Be It Further Resolved That	UTA Financial Aid Office works with College of Nursing & Health Innovation to create a credit-hour requirements exemption for students enrolled in upper division Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.