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Consortium Agreements

Study Abroad Consortium Agreements

IPFW encourages students to explore the opportunities to expand their college education and gain a better understanding of other cultural settings through a Study Abroad program. There are a few programs offered directly through IPFW and an excellent variety offered through our affiliated schools, Indiana University or Purdue University. You can attend a Study Abroad Information Session to learn more about available programs, call 260-481-6494 for more information.

A consortium agreement must be completed for any program offered outside of IPFW if you want to receive financial aid assistance including scholarship funding. Not all financial aid may be used for a study abroad program and some may require an approval process. You should contact the Financial Aid office about your eligibility for any specific program.

The Study Abroad Consortium Agreement process should be started early. It is strongly recommended that you start the process about four months prior to the start of the Study Abroad enrollment period. Please make an appointment with the IPFW Financial Aid office, 260-481-6820, to go over your options. All consortium agreement forms should be completed and returned to the Financial Aid office no later than one month before the program start date.

Release of financial aid funds for the enrollment period follows the same schedule established for all aid disbursement at IPFW. Advanced deposits required by the Study Abroad program must be paid by the student or, if possible, the student may explore the possibility of having the future financial aid disbursement cover the required deposit with the specific Study Abroad program’s administrator.

Crossroads Program Consortium Agreements

The Crossroads partnership is designed to allow students the opportunity to begin their college degree at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Northeast and complete it across the road at IPFW.

Students using financial aid to assist with their educational costs must have a consortium agreement completed. This will allow the separate credit hours taken at IPFW and Ivy Tech to be combined into a total credit hour enrollment status for financial aid funding. Contact the Crossroads office for more information. IPFW students in the Crossroads program should also contact the IPFW Financial Aid office for information on financial aid that is eligibility for this program and to initiate the consortium agreement process.

The school where you are seeking your degree is classified as the home institution for you financial aid funding and this will be the institution from which the consortium agreement will originate. The consortium agreement must be processed by the end of the first week of the enrollment period (semester or summer session) for which it has been requested to be used. Consortium agreements will not be processed after the first week of the enrollment period.

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General Consortium Agreements

IPFW students might find a class needed for their major is not being offered or it may have been closed for a specific enrollment period. There are two options available to assist you with finding classes at another institution.

Fort Wayne Higher Education Consortium

The Fort Wayne Higher Education Consortium allows IPFW students to enroll in one course per fall or spring semester at another participating institution if a course is closed at the end of final registration or is not offered during the current semester at IPFW. Applicable courses must be verified by your academic adviser. The course will count as either a Purdue University or Indiana University course on your final transcript, depending on your major.

Universities participating in the consortium in addition to IPFW:

• Huntington University
• Indiana Institute of Technology
• Ivy Tech Community College - Fort Wayne
• Manchester College
• Taylor University–Fort Wayne
• Tri-State University
• University of Saint Francis

More information is available through the IPFW Registrar.

IPFW Financial Aid office (FAO) General Consortium Agreement

This form and process is only required if you are receiving financial aid at IPFW (the home institution) and find you need to take a class at another institution (the host institution).

At times IPFW students find that a course is not available at IPFW that would be beneficial to their degree program or that a required course is being offered at another institution that if taken will expedite the completion of their IPFW program of study. If you are in this situation, then you may be eligible to complete a consortium agreement which will allow your course at another institution to be included into the total credit hours enrolled for financial aid funding. This would make your total enrollment status reflect full-time at IPFW for that specific enrollment period. You academic advisor must be involved in this process and approve the course being taken for your program of study.

Students are encouraged to start the consortium agreement process about two months prior to the start of the enrollment period by contacting the IPFW Financial Aid office. All consortium agreement forms must be completed and returned to the Financial Aid office no later than the first week of the enrollment period.

The Financial Aid office will process financial aid based on an approved consortium agreement for IPFW students admitted as “temporary” or “non-degree” status at the host institution. The following criteria must be met:

1. The student’s academic advisor, academic dean, or other authorized official will certify that the course(s) taken at the host campus will apply to the student’s IPFW degree on the consortium agreement.
2. The start and end date of the class at the host institution must be the same or within the enrollment period at IPFW.
3. Student must be enrolled for at least 6 credit hours during the same enrollment period at IPFW for the academic year or 3 credit hours during the summer enrollment period (over summer sessions I & II). A student completing their teaching requirements in a special program is exempt from this requirement.
4. Course work transferred from the host school for this agreement must be a C or better grade and be accepted into you academic program at IPFW.
5. IPFW Satisfactory Academic Progress policy is applied to course work enrolled for during the consortium period and the student must be in good standing under the Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements to participate in the program.

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