The deep-rooted policy of the College’s Financial Support Scholarship Program has been to consider requests from parents who are experiencing financial difficulties. Further to College’s mission statement and decades old operation policy, the Program provides financial aid (tuition discount) based on the family’s financial situation/economic need rather than on the student’s academic performance. The student, nonetheless, must meet certain minimum academic standards and comport him/herself with appropriate behavior. Through this Program, the College assists hundreds of students each year.
Pursuant to the long-established principles of the College, the financial aid provided is traditionally looked upon as an “honor debt” that recipients are expected to settle whenever, and to whatever extent, their future financial status permits.
General Information
Applications for Financial Support for the tuition fees of the following academic year are submitted to the Scholarship Office within predetermined deadlines for each year.
Decisions on the granting of financial assistance are made by the Scholarship Committee, comprised of its President, members of the Administration and Faculty of all HAEF school units.
Their decisions are valid for one academic year, therefore, students who wish to continue to receive assistance must resubmit an application every year.
Particulars submitted to the Scholarship Office together with the application form are used solely for the purpose of deciding on whether or not to grant financial aid and are kept in the strictest confidence. Applicants must give their irrevocable consent to allow the Scholarship Committee to retain all documents and information for a period of three years from the time they were submitted.
The Committee’s decision is irrevocable. A review of the application, following the Committee’s decision, is only possible in the event of a drastic change in the family’s financial or personal situation, which must be substantiated by submitting new documentation. Applicants must immediately notify the School of any significant change in financial status or property ownership, whether it be positive or negative. The Committee, in certain cases, may visit the applicant’s home or business further to prior consent.
Financial aid is awarded for one academic year at rates ranging from 25% - 100% of tuition fees.
Criteria
Criteria for the granting of Financial Support include: family’s annual income and financial status from the previous three years, family assets and the manner in which they were obtained, as well as family circumstances (such as, divorce, unemployment, illness, other relevant information relating to the parents’ professional activity/activities, financial burdens/obligations, etc.).
The Scholarship
Committee does not consider applications for financial support submitted by
a parent in the event that he/she, or the other parent, or the student’s
guardian or sponsor have any outstanding debts/obligations to HAEF. This
includes: (a) submitting the Financial Support application past the deadline;
(b) making use of the HAEF discount for upfront payment of tuition fees and/or
the discount for 3rd, 4th, etc. child; (c) not having reached an agreement with
HAEF’s Financial Services regarding the settlement of overdue debts; (d) not
complying with the terms of the settlement; (e) having agreed to pay tuition
fees by underwriting them; and/or (f) having provided incomplete or inaccurate
information on the application form.