Quality Assurance Program |
| Mt. San Antonio College is part of the Department of
Education's Quality Assurance Program. The following
will explain what Quality Assurance is and what it means to
you at Mt. SAC. |
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What is the Institutional Quality Assurance (QA)
Program? |
| The QA program is part of
the Department of Education's Commitment to quality customer
service. As part of this program, institutions of higher
education employ quality performance in the administration of
Title IV student assistance programs. |
As a participant in the Quality Assurance program Institutions
are able to design and implement a verification policy applicable
to the students at their institution. |
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The
Purpose of QA |
| The purpose of Quality Assurance is
to assure that data provided is accurate and correct, so that
the delivery of Title IV student aid funds is conducted accurately,
expediently, and with high integrity. It also aids the
institution in identifying ways to improve and facilitate its
financial aid process, and reduces the amount of documentation
required of most students who receive student aid. Eventually
best practices from Quality Assurance Institutions are incorporated
into law for all Institutions in the nation. |
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What
does this mean to you as a financial aid student at Mt. SAC? |
| Mt. SAC has designed and
implemented our own verification policy based on QA data, and
will place students in a verification or non-verification track
during the initial computerized download of the Department of
education's information to us from your FAFSA. In addition
the QA software tool will randomly select students to be involved
in the verification of the data provided on the initial ISIR
(SAR) the institution receives and the data on the ISIR (SAR)
the student is paid on. This Random sample will enable
us to identify the high error areas that will be used to establish
polices and procedures to rectify theses high error prone areas. |
During
this process we may ask for additional information from you.
You must respond to information requests in a timely manner
or your Financial aid process may be delayed or canceled. |