Email sent to Region IV Financial Aid Directors
Regarding Consortium Agreements
5-20-14
QUESTION ASKED TO ALL COLLEGES:
Good morning everyone! I've been asked to do a quick survey about how many of you are still honoring
consortium agreements between colleges?
If you are, approximately how many do you process each semester?
Are they attending other CC's? or a CSU?
What impacts does this have your staff time monitoring this process?
Do you have any specific requirements such as the course must be on the student's ed plan? thec course hasn't
been offered at your college in the last year? etc.
Any insight would be helpful.
Thank you!
Andi Schreibman
10:00 AM (12 hours
ago)
to me
at Las Positas COllege we do not utilize consortiums. We will sign off on another college's consortium, but will not
provide our own.
Andi Schreibman
Financial Aid Officer
Las Positas College
3033 Collier Canyon Rd.
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 424-1585
Veronica Martinez
10:27 AM (11 hours
ago)
Hi Mary,
We don’t do consortium agreements anymore (it’s been about 3 years) for few reasons:
*Students don’t submit official transcripts to verify completion of course.
*If they don’t return transcripts, we were reversing payment & billing them (if we paid Pell)
*Balances were creating institutional liability
*Oftentimes, students weren’t successful with concurrent enrollment in 2 schools.
Hope this helps.
Veronica Martinez
Financial Aid Director Gavilan College
vmartinez@gavilan.edu Tel: 408-848-4725
Rita Grogan
3:05 PM (7 hours
ago)
to me, Takeo, Veronica, alma.tanon, tabolton, Maritza, Andi, Francisco, Melissa
See my responses below.
Additional Information: We were getting requests willy-nilly (sorry for the technical term) and students were very
demanding and wanted them completed immediately. If you do them, make sure that students understand there
is a staff time & resources commitment and that it is not solely a matter of “signing off.” Also, read each individual
college/university’s contract to determine if you are agreeing to some or substantial continued leg work on behalf
of the student and the FA school. Some contracts require you monitor and provide updates on a regular basis to
the home school – I wouldn’t sign off on a contract with that wording.
Subject: Quick Survey
Good morning everyone! I've been asked to do a quick survey about how many of you are still honoring
consortium agreements between colleges?[RG Adds] The only consortium agreements we allow are between
universities that have articulation agreements with us to provide a bachelor’s degree here at Mission from
them. For example, we currently have Menlo College, Notre Dame de Namur, and (can’t remember the name)
which does Child Development baccalaureates.
If you are, approximately how many do you process each semester?[RG Adds] minimal ~ about 6
Are they attending other CC's? or a CSU?[RG Adds] no, just our articulated colleges/universities
What impacts does this have your staff time monitoring this process?[RG Adds] Not much any longer as we are
never the host school giving the financial aid and we also do not allow the wording of the consortium requirement
to include any demands on my financial aid staff.
Do you have any specific requirements such as the course must be on the student's ed plan? thec course hasn't
been offered at your college in the last year? etc.[RG Adds] No.
Rita Grogan
Registrar and
Director of Student Enrollment
& Financial Services
Mission College
(408) 855 - 5072 direct
Francisco Tostado (MPC)
4:31 PM (5 hours
ago)
Mary,
We have about 15 consortium agreements. We have them with CSU, and CC’s. My staff has been trying to get
away from consortiums. There is follow up needed. We must get transcripts at the end of the semester. Some
students get upset because we are not releasing the funds until we have verified their SAP standards for the prior
term and evaluated by our A&R office. Staff time is about 1 week for the year. Usually, is at the beginning of each
semester. Have a nice day.