Description The financial aid criteria document describes the aid available to students in the department, the range of demands on aid, and the criteria by which the financial aid committee makes decisions in regards to funding. The quality of the student's proposal, the adviser's recommendation letter, and the pool of applicants will weigh most heavily in awarding fellowships. Additional factors that will enter into the decision-making process include: stage in program, rate of progress through program, grades, number of EX's, previous support from the department, and evidence of professional activity. The guidelines go on to explain other criteria for specific forms of aid, such as the Widenor Teaching Fellowships, and ends with the department policy on EX's: Students with more than 2 outstanding EX's or with 2 EX's one of which has been outstanding for more than a year at the time appointments are made in March/April will no longer be eligible for TAships or Pre-Dissertation Travel Awards.

Details General Criteria Criteria for Specific Forms of Aid Widenor Teaching Fellowships IPRH Fellows Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowships Teaching Assistantships Policy on EX's Updated April 2003 Financial Aid Request Form Financial Aid Funding Card Teaching Assistantship Criteria Teaching Assistant Application Special Teaching Assignments

Educational Purpose The criteria clarify program expectations in regards to financial aid and contribute to faculty-student communications and transparency.

Data or Evidence Anecdotal evidence citing clarified and improved relations between faculty and students will allow us to know that the criteria work.