2008-09 POLICIES HANDBOOK - Colorado College

Off-Campus Study

Students may use their financial aid awards for off-campus study programs operated by Colorado College or jointly by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) or CC Affiliated Programs. The programs for which financial aid awards may be used are the following:

• CC Semesters in France, Germany, Mexico, and the two-block program in Russia;
• ACM Botswana, Arts in Chicago, India, Florence, Japan, Latin American Culture and Society (Costa Rica), Tropical Field Studies (Costa Rica), London and Florence, Newberry Library, Oak Ridge,  Tanzania, Urban Studies (Chicago);
• CC affiliated programs with American University (Washington Semester), the Center for European Studies in the Netherlands (Maastricht), Kansai Gadai in Japan, CET Academic Programs in China (Beijing), the University of Wales at Aberstwyth exchange, the Jönköping International Business School exchange program in Sweden, the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil exchange, and the Fudan University, China exchange.

The financial aid office can make allowances for additional expenses in relation to these programs to determine if students qualify for additional loans. Students must inform the financial aid office in advance of their plans to study on ACM or CC programs. Financial aid office staff are available to discuss these borrowing options.

Students with high financial need, usually Pell Grant recipients, may be able to obtain funding for the additional costs incurred while attending an ACM- or CC-affiliated off-campus program of study. Scholarship funds may be available from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Grant and the Coit Family Scholarship Fund. Applications are available in the financial aid office.

Students may not use their CC scholarship awards for non-CC or non-ACM affiliated programs. It is possible, however, to receive Federal Pell Grants, SEOG, Stafford, Perkins, other alternative loans, and PLUS Loans for such programs if students pursue an educational consortium agreement between Colorado College and the other institution. Students must check with the office of study abroad and international students and the financial aid office to discuss the requirements to establish an educational consortium agreement with the host school. The college charges a $300 fee for students to participate in any non-affiliated program.