Grand Canyon University [GCU] review: Financial aid

Sarah Davis wrote to me stating that I’m not eligible for aid until April or May. Her basis for this is the ‘failure’ of two courses. The first was where your Proposal has to be submitted to Academic Quality Review. First, the Narrative Inquiry methodology and design is the most difficult of all dissertations. Second, my methodologist took a vacation two weeks before my Proposal was to be submitted to AQR. He did not submit it on time and this was after a white course of his taking 3-4 weeks to make corrections. I had an A in the course and my Dissertation Chair even recommended appealing.

The second ‘failure’ came in another course I was getting an A in. The objective here was to pass Academic Quality Review. Dr Lowrance and AQR put me through THREE cycles of revisions before finally approving me. The course only allowed time for two.

This has resulted in me not having received a financial aid check since July. I want to be immediately packaged as these arbitrary, one-size fit all standards cannot apply to a Narrative Inquiry Dissertation. I am in Data collection now. But my job barely pays my rent. I cannot get a second job as the dissertation does not allow time for that. I want to be packaged for the year IMMEDIATELY. Let’s this be a warning to future students entering the dissertation phase. We all do not have “slave money” in our families and should not be denied financial aid because of unfairness rather than true academic merit.