Return of Title IV Funds

Students who receive federal Title IV aid assistance and who cease attending classes or officially withdraw from classes at CWC may be required to repay a portion of the federal aid they received. The student earns their aid based on the period of time they remain enrolled. During the first 60 percent of the enrollment period for which assistance was awarded, a student is entitled to retain a percentage of their grant or loan assistance directly proportional to the percentage of the period of enrollment completed. If the day the student ceases to attend classes or officially withdraws occurs after the student has completed 60 percent of the enrollment period, the student is entitled to retain 100 percent of their grant or loan assistance awarded for the enrollment period. Please see the Financial Aid Office or the CWC Catalog for more detailed information. If a student never begins attendance in one course or all courses their federal aid will need to be recalculated or returned in full.  If a student never begins attendance in any of their courses it would result in a full return of funds.  If the student is paid for all courses and starts attendance in some but not all a recalculation of aid would be done to determine the portion of funds that would need to be returned. Courses attended all online are considered attended when an educational activity has been completed.  This could be a discussion board post, test, quiz, assignment, etc. Just logging into the course DOES NOT count as attendance.