Does anyone know if LIberty University, Ave Maria University and Patrick Henry College have the same policy?
Liberty University isn’t that big on real liberty from Uncle Sam. Here is an excerpt from Peterson’c College guide regarding Liberty:
“Students are required to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the
U.S. Department of Education and include Liberty University’s school code (010392) on that application.
This is the student’s application for all financial aid. Approximately 90 percent of the student body received some type of aid last year.”
As for Ave Maria University, unfortunately they haven’t gotten over their Department of Education dependency.
As a result, they’re encountering problems like this :
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=1102&z=3&p=
The US Department of Education sent a letter to officials at Ave Maria University detailing financial aid problems at the school’s campus in Michigan, as well as the one in Naples.
The letter says the Naples campus was not legally authorized to disburse financial aid funds to students after August 14th of 2003. Now the school must repay the government funds given out after that date.
The school will not know how much it will have to repay until the investigation is complete. Some reports put the figure in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Officials at Ave Maria would not speak on camera. The administration was advised not to discuss it with the press until the matter is resolved.
The university issued a brief statement, “Although we believe some mistakes were made in the verification process, we have taken steps to correct any procedural errors. Further, the college believes that students enrolled at the college and attending the Naples site were eligible for financial aid.”
The school is being allowed to distribute obligated funds to students, but the federal money for that must be approved by the government team investigating the issue.
Ave Maria has been told to report the total amount of funds awards to and received by students after August 14, 2003.
Once the review of Ave Maria is complete, the department of education will send a letter to the school letting them know what their liabilities—are and how to appeal the decision.
RE: Patrick Henry College
Yes, this college is also fiercely independent.
This is from their website :
http://www.phc.edu/admissions/financialaid/finaidsearch.asp
The Scholarship Search
The following resources are provided to assist you in your search for financial aid outside of
Patrick Henry College. Please note: It is important that students use discernment when searching for
scholarship funds. Patrick Henry College is not able to guarantee that all sources are reputable.
Some scholarship programs appear to be eligible but are backed by funds that conflict with the College’s mission.
The College is governed by its Board of Trustees according to its Fundamental Statements and will not accept
any funding, private or governmental, which includes terms which supersede the Board’s authority or conflict with
these Fundamental Statements. Please watch for this, as PHC students may not accept U.S. Department of Education
funds or loans of any kind.
One of the major liberal criticisms of Patrick Henry College is that a lot of their graduates go on to work
for REPUBLICAN Congressmen and Senator’s offices or “right-wing” organizations.
I don’t know the answer to you question but I did not know this about Grove City College until I read it here.
The University of Dallas, a Catholic university, accepts no fed funding either.