The U.S. Department of Education has established regulations to prevent fraud and abuse in the Federal Student Aid program by identifying students with unusual enrollment histories. Some students who have an unusual enrollment history have legitimate reasons for their enrollment at multiple institutions. However, such an enrollment history requires HCN to review the student's file in order to determine future federal financial aid eligibility. If selected by the Department of Education, this must be resolved before he/she will be eligible to receive financial aid.
Definition of UEH
The specific pattern the Department of Education uses to select students includes those students who have received a Federal Pell Grant and/or Federal Loans at multiple institutions during the past four academic years. Once the Department of Education indicates that a student has an unusual enrollment history, the Office of Financial Aid must review the academic history prior to determining federal financial aid eligibility for that student. Students with an UEH will be identified through coding on the Student Aid Report (SAR) for 2023-24 and/or the FAFSA® Submission Summary (FSS) for 2024-25.
UEH Appeal Process and What Will be Required
If selected, the student will be notified of the requirements associated with the process. The student is required to have earned academic credit at every institution where he/she received a Federal Pell Grant or Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized loan while attending in those relevant academic years.
The HCN Office of Financial Aid will review the student’s Unusual Enrollment History Form and his/her financial aid history at all previous institutions attended during the last four financial aid years (please ensure we have received all official/unofficial transcripts for those schools) and verify that academic credit was received at each institution during the relevant years.
If the student failed to earn academic credit at any institution where he/she received a federal Pell Grant or Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized loan during the relevant award years, he/she will need to provide a statement explaining the circumstance for credit not earned along with any relevant documentation using the Unusual Enrollment History Form.
The results of the appeal will be emailed to the student’s Hondros College of Nursing email account (or personal email account from his/her FAFSA® if the student does not have a college email account). These decisions are final and are not appealable to the Department of Education. Regaining Federal Student Aid Eligibility Students that have been denied federal student aid based on an Unusual Enrollment History Appeal have the ability to regain financial aid eligibility by successfully completing one quarter at Hondros College of Nursing with a 2.0 or better GPA. Upon successful completion of one quarter, the student may submit another Unusual Enrollment Appeal.
Regaining Federal Student Aid Eligibility
Students that have been denied Federal Student Aid based on an Unusual Enrollment History Appeal have the ability to regain financial aid eligibility by successfully completing one quarter at Hondros College of Nursing with a 2.0 or better GPA. Upon successful completion of one quarter, the student may submit another Unusual Enrollment Appeal.