Attendance Verification

 Attendance verification will be required for financial aid disbursement.

At the beginning of each semester before financial aid is disbursed, the College must be able to document that you have begun attendance in all your courses. During the first three weeks of class, professors will be asked to electronically report if you attended all your courses. If you are not reported as attending your courses, your financial aid will not be released.

If your attendance is not verified in all of your courses, you will receive an email from the Office of Academic Records. At times, students who are attending their courses may receive this email and subsequently have their financial aid package reduced or cancelled. This can be for any of the following reasons:

  • You did not attend a class meeting.
  • Your professors did not submit their attendance verification yet.
  • You added the course/started attending the course after your professor submitted the attendance verification.
  • Your class is online, and you did not complete an "academic event" such as posting on a discussion thread or submitting an assignment. Logging into an online course does not count solely for attendance.
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How to Resolve Attendance Verification:

The Financial Aid Office  is not able to update your course attendance. Please follow the steps below to have your attendance verified:

  1. Notify your professors that your attendance has not been verified.
  2. Your professor will verify your attendance and submit the updated attendance information to the Office of Academic Record.
  3. Once the Academic Office notify the Financial Aid Office of your attendance your file will be updated. Note:  There is no further action you need to take once your professor confirms your attendance.