What are the standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress?
The Oregon Student Assistance Commission (OSAC) was tentatively approached to serve as a non-partisan entity for data-keeping purposes. It was anticipated that loading co-enrolled student data into a central database, along with what courses those students are taking, what grades they receive–and having that fed back to the colleges might be an efficient process. It is currently a manual process requiring person-by-person entry. OSAC has explored the possibility of a co-enrolled student database, and met with 35 financial aid administrators to examine what it would take to implement new processes. They have divided into two committees (“data sharing” and “legal issues”). They had come to consensus that there would need to be a student release for OSAC to be able to share student data. Colleges would have to amend their current applications. Basic philosophical differences surfaced on how this process should be structured. Common Residency Requirement Washington and California both hav
