Military Financial Aid and Tuition Assistance
As part of our commitment to providing excellent service to military students who utilize Military Tuition Assistance, The College of Lake County is a signatory of theDepartment of Defense Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (DoD MOU).*
Tuition Assistance (TA) is a government benefit offered to current service members of all branches of the Armed Forces to assist with the cost of tuition. We provide a team of professionals and resources to assist you with your TA funding.
How to Apply for Tuition Assistance (TA) Benefits
首先联系你所在单位的教育服务主任(ESO)或代表。
Keep in mind that the availability of TA benefits varies by command, and every situation is different.
Questions to ask your ESO:
- 我需要填写什么文件来确定我是否符合资格?
- What documents will I need to provide?
- 适用的日期和时间表是什么?
And be sure to ask your ESO about TA DECIDE, a tool developed by the Department of Defense that gives interested service members access to information about the 2,600+ approved schools eligible for TA, such as average TA costs, course completion and graduation requirements, and estimated tuition and fee amounts.
If you are an eligible service member utilizing TA, we will process your enrollment AFTER your TA is approved by your military service branch. You must contact your designated education service officer (ESO) or military service branch counselor prior to enrollment.
Financial Resource Tools
- College Scorecardis a consumer-planning tool and resource to assist prospective students and their families as they evaluate options in selecting a school.
- College Navigatoris a consumer tool that provides school information, such as tuition and fees, retention and graduation rates, use of financial aid, and student loan default rates. It also features a cost calculator and school comparison tool.
- Financial Aid Shopping Sheetis a model financial aid award letter designed to simplify the information that prospective students receive about costs and financial aid so they can easily compare institutions and make informed decisions about where to attend school.
- 世界杯2020预选赛是一个网页，准学生可以使用它输入最多三所学校的名称，以便获得每一所学校的详细财务信息。它也可以用来输入实际的经济援助奖励信息。
Financial Aid Support
Before offering, recommending, arranging, signing up, dispersing or enrolling service members for private student loans, we provide service members access to an institutional financial aid adviser who will make available appropriate loan counseling, including, but not limited to:
- Providing a clear and complete explanation of available financial aid, including Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
- Describing the differences between private and federal student loans to include terms, conditions, repayment and forgiveness options.
- Disclosing the institution's student loan Cohort Default Rate (CDR), the percentage of its students who borrow and how its CDR compares to the national average. If the institution's CDR is greater than the national average CDR, it must disclose that information and provide the student with loan repayment data. The most recent 3-year student loan default rate (FY2018) for borrowers at College of Lake County was 9.4%, which represents 39 out of the 413 total borrowers who entered repayment and defaulted during the following 3-year repayment period. The national average loan default rate for FY2018 was 7.3%.
- Explaining that students have the ability to refuse all or borrow less than the maximum student loan amount allowed.
Return to Tuition Assistance (TA) Funds
The College shall:
- 将任何TA计划的资金直接退还给军人，而不是军人。
- Up to the start date, return all (100 percent) TA funds to the appropriate military service when the service member does not:
- begin attendance at the institution, or
- start a course, regardless of whether the student starts other courses.
- Return any TA funds which paid for a course that is cancelled by the institution.
- 通过至少60%的资金被提供期间的比例回报任何未赚到的TA资金。助教资金在入学期间按比例获得，未获得的资金根据学生停止就读的时间返还。在服役人员因兵役义务而停止参加的情况下，学校将与受影响的服役人员一起寻找解决方案，以确保返还的部分不会产生学生债务。