Students admitted to the OSU/Lane Community College Degree Partnership Program who choose to take courses at both schools in the same term may be eligible to receive financial aid based on the combined enrollment. Lane degree partnership program students are assigned a home school. The assigned home school determines whether LCC or OSU will disburse your financial aid.
Determination of the home school in the OSU/LCC Degree Partnership Program is based strictly on the number of college credits the student has accumulated.
• LCC is the home school for students who have earned 0 - 89 college credits
• OSU is the home school for students who have earned 90 or more college credits
In other words, if you are a freshman or sophomore with fewer than 90 credits, then you must receive your financial aid from LCC. If you are a junior or senior, then you must receive your financial aid from OSU.
There are several factors related to home school in the OSU/Lane Degree Partnership Program:
• Students in the OSU/LCC Degree Partnership Program use different enrollment patterns for different terms:
o All classes are at LCC
o All classes are at OSU
o Some classes are at LCC and some at OSU in the same term
• Students have to be enrolled in at least 3 credits at the home school. For example, a student receiving aid from LCC has to take at least 3 credits at LCC every term that LCC is the home school.
• Exceptions may be made to allow students to enroll for a minimum of 1 credit at their home school each term
• LCC cannot count 300 or 400 level courses toward the enrollment needed to disburse financial aid.
• For example, let's say that a student is enrolled in 6 credits at LCC and 6 credits at OSU, with LCC as the home school for a financial aid package that is based on the student's being enrolled full-time. If those 6 credits at OSU consist of two 3 credit classes, numbered 105 and 220, then LCC can count them toward the full-time enrollment. If, on the other hand, those 6 credits at OSU consist of one 3 credit class numbered 105 and one 3 credit class numbered 330, then LCC can only count the 105 class. LCC would consider that the student is enrolled for 9 credits for financial aid purposes. (OSU would consider the same student to be enrolled full-time for the term).
• The transferability of LCC courses you take is a consideration if you receive your aid from OSU. OSU cannot count courses that do not transfer into OSU toward the enrollment needed to disburse financial aid.
•For example, a student is enrolled in 6 credits at LCC and 6 credits at OSU, and has designated OSU as home school. If the 6 credits at LCC consist of Math 112 and WR 121, then OSU can count those 6 credits along with the 6 credits being taken at OSU to make the student full-time. If, however, the courses at LCC are Math 112 and Drafting 140, OSU can only count the math class since the drafting course does not transfer into OSU. In this second example, OSU would consider that the student is enrolled for 9 credits for financial aid purposes. (LCC may consider the same student to be enrolled full-time for the term).
