Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 43.00
Liaison Sandra Caeiro
Submission Date April 5, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Universidade Aberta
PA-7: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00
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Does the institution have policies and programs to make it accessible and affordable to low-income students?:
Yes

A brief description of any policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students:

Allocation of subsidies to Underrepresented students
The subsidy to be granted has a maximum limit of 50% of the amount of the gratuity.

http://portal.uab.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/D94-R-2017_Regulamento-Atribui%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Subs%C3%ADdios.pdf


A brief description of any programs to equip the institution’s faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
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A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide and prepare students and families from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
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A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:

"Bolsa Retomar"
This scholarship means annual financial support for co-funding the cost of attending a course for students to complete previous training courses or training in a different area.

https://dre.pt/application/file/55021895


A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
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A brief description of the institution’s other policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
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Does the institution have policies and programs to support non-traditional students?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s scholarships provided specifically for part-time students:

Part Time Student
For the undergraduated courses, it is considered a part-time student who, in each school year, enrolls in part of the total number of UCs that could enroll in the full-time study regime.

For the graduate courses, a Partial-time Student is considered to be one who, at the time of enrollment and enrollment in the school year, and only at that moment, enrolls in a minimum of 20% and a maximum of 50% Units Curricular.

The payment of the fee is accordingly the disciplines that the student will enroll.


A brief description of the institution’s on-site child care facility, partnership with a local facility, and/or subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of students:
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A brief description of the institution’s other policies and programs to support non-traditional students:

Exams Local Policy:
- If the student want to take an exam in a place that does not correspond to his area of residence, he can indicate the place where he wants to do it, until 30 days before the exam date within the available possibilities.


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (tracking accessibility and affordability)? (If data is not available, select 'No'):
No

The percentage of entering students that are low-income (0-100):
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The graduation/success rate for low-income students (0-100):
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On average, the percentage of need that was met for students who were awarded any need-based aid (e.g. as reported to the U.S. Common Data Set initiative, item H2) (0-100):
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The percentage of students graduating with no interest-bearing student loan debt or for whom no out-of-pocket tuition is required (i.e. the percentage of graduates who have not taken out interest-bearing loans) (0-100):
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Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students (0-100):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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