Military
HCU named a ‘Military Friendly School’ for 2012 by G.I. Jobs magazine
G.I. Jobs magazine has named Heritage Christian University as one of its military friendly schools for 2012 in recognition of the work HCU does to support student veterans. HCU will be included on the magazine’s list of Military Friendly Schools. The list names the top 15 percent of more than 7,000 colleges, universities and trade schools with programs that support veterans. Criteria for the list included efforts to recruit and keep military and veteran students, recruiting results and academic accreditation. Heritage Christian University is committed to helping to remove barriers for student veterans transitioning to college life. Our goal is to assist veteran students in pursuing educational objectives by certifying enrollment for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), answering general questions about veterans’ benefits, and monitoring student degree plans and academic progress.
In addition, Heritage Christian University is pleased to announce its participation in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program). As a benefit of this program, eligible military veterans can attend HCU at little to no out-of-pocket tuition cost. For More Information please contact our VA Certifying Official at 256-766-6610 ext. 303.
Although we work to ensure that VA regulations are satisfied, we have no authority to make judgments regarding VA benefit status. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines the eligibility of individuals for veterans’ educational benefits and approves or denies payment of benefits.
The VA requires that students receiving benefits attend class regularly and maintain satisfactory academic progress (SAP), as defined on the HCU Financial Aid web page. The VA will only pay benefits for courses that are part of your degree program, and will not pay benefits to repeat a course in which you have received a passing grade.
Failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress may result in loss / repayment of benefits. The law requires that the VA must collect all benefits paid for a course in which the grade assigned is not used in computing the requirements for graduation (including incomplete grades and withdrawals), unless mitigating circumstances can be demonstrated.
