Veterans’ Affairs
The University maintains an Office of Veterans’ Affairs to assist veterans and eligible persons in all phases of certification and retention of educational benefits. The Veterans’ Office, located in the Office of Scholarships and Financial Assistance, assists veterans and eligible persons in receiving payment for educational assistance as well as tutorial assistance, veterans’ work-study and giving advice and counsel.
Northwest students receiving benefits from the Veterans’ Administration will meet VA conditions for satisfactorily pursuing a program of study by meeting the University’s general catalog requirements. However, a few VA requirements are more stringent than the general catalog requirements:
- Regular Attendance. VA students must attend all classes according to each instructor’s attendance policies. VA students must have their cards completed and signed by each of their instructors at the end of each month. The completed attendance card must be promptly submitted to the Office of Veterans’ Affairs by the student. VA benefits will be terminated as of the last date of attendance reported by the instructor for students with unsatisfactory attendance.
- Unsatisfactory Progress. The University is required to notify the Veterans’ Administration that a student did not make satisfactory progress if the student:
- fails or withdraws from all classes;
- accumulates more than 9 hours of grades of “F”; or
- is suspended by the University.
Education benefits will be terminated for students who fail to make VA satisfactory progress.
- Classes Not Completed. The Veterans’ Administration may require students to repay benefits received for classes dropped.
- Incomplete Grades. Graduate students have one year to remove an incomplete grade or they will be changed to grades of “F”; however, those hours are not counted as completed hours for financial assistance purposes.
VA students should contact the Office of Veterans’ Affairs before deciding to repeat a course, withdraw from the University, drop a class, take an incomplete grade or interrupt class attendance to assure compliance with VA regulations.