PPT from a presentation given at the Kentucky Counseling Association Conference, 11/7/14: how financial aid policy changes (2012), specifically maximum time frame, have created the need for better and earlier career planning by high school and college students.

1. Financial Aid
Policy Changes
Mean Early Career
Development
Elizabeth M. Cole, M.A., LPCC, Counselor/Professor
Leslie Bays, M.A., Counselor/Instructor
Big Sandy Community and Technical College (KCTCS)

2. Policy Changes 2012
 From Obama Administration, through US
Department of Education – Financial Aid
Programs
 Lifetime limits on Pell grant from 9 years
to 6 years
 Other changes

3. Satisfactory Academic
Progress (SAP)
 Each institution defines a SAP policy within
USDOE guidelines
 KCTCS:
 GPA 2.0 or higher
 Completion rate of 67% of all credits attempted
 Maximum Time Frame 150% of credits in program
 Pace Progression – must meet these standards
and be within the Maximum Time Frame by
graduation

4. Maximum Time Frame
 90 semester hours for a 60 hour degree
(Associate)
 180 semester hours for a 120 hour degree
(Bachelor)
 “Excess attempted hours” include
 Developmental/remedial
 Drop, withdrawal, audit, repeated
 Excess electives that don’t count anywhere in the
degree audit
 Credits that transferred are included in this analysis

5. MTF Creates Pressure
 Students who need a lot of developmental
classes
 Students who drop/withdraw due to a
crisis
 Students who change their majors
 Suspension reinstatement students

6. MTF Creates Pressure
 Students who complete degrees while
waiting to be admitted to a competitive,
selective-admission program (like nursing)
 Returning adults who have a degree,
seeking retraining
 Students with a lot of military credits
 Motivationally challenged students
wandering without a career plan

7. Solutions - College
 SAP appeal process
 Academic Plan of Action
 Career Planning
 FYE 105 Career Project
 Embedded career planning in the
curriculum
 Internships, Co-op, Practica

8. Solutions – High School
 Career Planning
 College and Career Readiness (CCR)
 ILP
 Job Shadowing – Observation
 Discussion – ideas?

9. Support from Guidelines
 National Career Development Guidelines
(NCDG) Framework (NCDA)
 ASCA National Model Career Development
Standards (ASCA)
 Check KDE, District, School, System
policies
 KCTCS Transformation Initiative

10. Thank you!
 Elizabeth Cole
 Elizabeth.Cole@kctcs.edu
 606.218.1215
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 Leslie Bays
 Leslie.Bays@kctcs.edu
 606.886.7391