Legislative changes improve satisfactory academic progress for California college students, suggesting a new path for financial aid.
Every semester, countless college students lose access to financial aid — not because they don’t need it, but because they didn’t meet a federal benchmark most never knew existed. However, Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) may be less of a hurdle to persistence and completion for California's college students now that a new law radically reforms how enrollment management and financial aid offices must operate in California's institutions of higher education.
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