Consortium Agreements

A consortium agreement is a written agreement required by federal law between HCC and the student's "home" institution, where the home institution will consider the student's enrollment at HCC to determine the student’s aid eligibility. Courses taken at HCC should be required for the student’s program at the home school.

HCC serves as the “host” institution in these situations, meaning that the student must be enrolled in an eligible certificate or degree program at the other college and financial aid will be processed through the home institution. HCC will cancel all aid for any students who are found to be receiving financial aid concurrently at HCC and another institution. 

HCC students who wish to transfer to another institution but still have coursework remaining at HCC to complete may have their financial aid processed under a consortium agreement, and the other institution will process the student's aid.  Students may not receive financial aid at two institutions at the same time. The student will need to make payment arrangements at HCC to cover the tuition and fee charges for coursework at HCC, since the other institution will be processing the aid.