How Participating in Campus Protests Could Affect Your Financial Aid
"Nationwide, students have organized protests over the Israel and Gaza conflict, urging their colleges to divest holdings of Israeli-connected investments. But participation in a protest could lead to steep — and long-lasting — consequences, including criminal charges and loss of financial aid," NerdWallet reports.
... "The satisfactory academic progress requirement could pose a surprise to protestors, says Jill Desjean, senior policy analyst with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, as schools like Columbia University warned student protestors they could lose credit for the current semester."
"'If [the colleges] say they're doing away with this term, now you could be potentially bumping up against the [financial aid] eligibility in terms of not progressing towards your degree,' Desjean says. You may be ineligible for financial aid as a result."
... "If you're expelled, you may be able to transfer to another college or university to finish your education. However, it's unlikely that all of your credits would transfer, says Desjean."
"'Transferring credits isn't a seamless process,' she says. 'A lot of schools don't accept transfer credits from other colleges, so there's the disruption of trying to find another school to transfer to.'"
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Publication Date: 5/10/2024
