Departmental Waiver Authorizations

Such funding is approved by the board of regents or state legislature for specific programs. Some waiver funding sources are accounted for as placeholders on the financial aid system and processed by student accounts. Examples are, Veterans Waivers and Graduate Operating Fee Waivers. Other tuition waiver sources that are posted and delivered by financial aid are scholarship waivers such as University Achievement, Cougar Academic Award, Cougar Commitment funding. Housing & Dining compensates Resident Hall Advisors by providing a waiver to their housing charge and the waiver must be accounted for as a resource against a student’s financial aid package. Waiver Authorization’s are processed using unique item types. Waivers disbursed through financial aid and scholarships will have a financial aid disbursable item type and waivers disbursed through student financials will have financial aid placeholder item type and a disbursable student finances item type.