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Finding 370676 (2023-004)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
E
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2023
Accepted
2024-02-27
Audit: 292382
Organization: Central Michigan University (MI)
Auditor: Plante & Moran PLLC

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The University is not adhering to its Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy, affecting student eligibility for financial aid.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with federal regulations requiring students to maintain a minimum completion rate of 67% to qualify for aid.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement controls to ensure compliance with the updated SAP policy, effective for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Finding Text

Assistance Listing Number, Federal Agency, and Program Name - Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Federal Direct Student Loan Program ALN 84.268 and Federal Pell Grants ALN 84.063 Federal Award Identification Number and Year - Various Pass through Entity - None Finding Type - Significant deficiency Repeat Finding - No Criteria - Per Part 5 of the Compliance Supplement, "a student must maintain good standing, or satisfactory academic progress." Additionally, per 34 CFR 668.32(f), a student is eligible to receive TIV aid if meeting all requirements as well as "maintains satisfactory academic progress in his or her course of study according to the institution's published standards of satisfactory academic progress that meet the requirements of § 668.34." One aspect an SAP policy must include per 34 CFR 668.34 5ii, "For a credit hour program using standard or nonstandard terms that is not a subscription based program, the pace, measured at each evaluation, at which a student must progress through his or her educational program to ensure that the student will complete the program within the maximum timeframe, calculated by either dividing the cumulative number of hours the student has successfully completed by the cumulative number of hours the student has attempted or by determining the number of hours that the student should have completed by the evaluation point in order to complete the program within the maximum timeframe. In making this calculation, the institution is not required to include remedial courses." Condition - The University is not following its Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy for all students. Questioned Costs - $13,296 Identification of How Questioned Costs Were Computed - Total of aid disbursed for semester SAP policy was not followed. Context - Of the 25 students tested, there was one student who had fallen below the threshold of 67 percent completion rate per the University's Satisfactory Academic Progress policy at the time academic progress would be measured and the SAP policy was not followed to address student progress. Cause and Effect - The University did not have a control in place to ensure students were in compliance with the University's policy. Recommendation - The University should implement controls to ensure students are compliant with policy. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions - A policy update to the quantitative component of satisfactory academic progress was implemented to measure SAP based on cumulative data. The full policy, informational website, student communications, and financial aid system were all updated. This policy update is effective for the 2023-2024 academic year with the first official evaluation point assessing cumulative data at the end of fall 2023.

Categories

Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Significant Deficiency Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 370657 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370658 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370659 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370660 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370661 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370662 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370663 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370664 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370665 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370666 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370667 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370668 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370669 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370670 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370671 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370672 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370673 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370674 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370675 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370677 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370678 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370679 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370680 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370681 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370682 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370683 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370684 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370685 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370686 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370687 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370688 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370689 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370690 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 370691 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 370692 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947099 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947100 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947101 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947102 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947103 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947104 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947105 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947106 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947107 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947108 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947109 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947110 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947111 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947112 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947113 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947114 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947115 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947116 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947117 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947118 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947119 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947120 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947121 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947122 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947123 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947124 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947125 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947126 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947127 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947128 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947129 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947130 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947131 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947132 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 947133 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 947134 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $27.96M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $15.78M
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $975,276
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $470,493
93.286 Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health $470,480
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $339,406
84.326 Special Education_technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities $200,385
47.074 Biological Sciences $198,348
84.217 Trio_mcnair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement $195,671
84.044 Trio_talent Search $175,601
47.041 Engineering $171,750
12.910 Research and Technology Development $149,218
84.047 Trio_upward Bound $137,415
97.036 Covid-19 - Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $135,284
93.310 Trans-Nih Research Support $112,859
93.866 Aging Research $91,797
84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $82,118
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $78,800
11.300 Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities $69,375
12.RD Benchmarking Quantum Enhancement in Science & Technology $68,262
93.211 Telehealth Programs $67,387
47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences $61,571
93.855 Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation Research $55,721
93.493 Cmu Telehealth Services & Information Technology $46,280
15.608 Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance $46,178
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $45,888
11.417 Sea Grant Support $42,600
47.078 Polar Programs $41,719
93.395 Cancer Treatment Research $40,425
43.001 Science $39,698
93.110 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs $29,643
93.732 Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants $25,000
11.609 Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards $23,069
66.708 Pollution Prevention Grants Program $23,007
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $22,617
12.006 National Defense Education Program $21,727
93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research $19,994
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $19,714
11.459 Weather and Air Quality Research $18,709
66.469 Great Lakes Program $18,657
93.838 Lung Diseases Research $17,661
81.049 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program $17,311
93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research $16,717
93.043 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part D_disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services $16,576
15.933 Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites $16,122
93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $15,756
12.630 Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering $15,696
66.461 Regional Wetland Program Development Grants $14,761
47.079 Office of International Science and Engineering $14,370
45.310 Grants to States $13,769
15.662 Great Lakes Restoration $13,335
93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders $11,099
89.003 National Historical Publications and Records Grants $10,742
12.420 Military Medical Research and Development $10,118
11.467 Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development $9,938
66.951 Environmental Education Grants $9,609
93.997 Assisted Outpatient Treatment $9,581
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (teach Grants) $9,410
47.050 Geosciences $7,923
93.173 Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders $7,898
15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs Ð Resources of the National Park System $7,573
11.432 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa) Cooperative Institutes $5,955
84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $5,863
84.305 Education Research, Development and Dissemination $4,359
93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research $3,681
93.399 Cancer Control $2,500
47.076 Education and Human Resources $2,200
16.607 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program $1,368
47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences $120