Sixty Plus (60+) Application 2024-25

Income Verification Information

Credit-seeking applicants will need to provide additional income verification information.

For the purpose of completing these questions, INCOME INCLUDES total annual cash receipts before taxes from the following sources: money wages and salaried before any deductions; net receipts from nonfarm self-employment (receipts from a person's own unincorporated business, professional enterprise, or partnership, after deductions for business expenses); net receipts from farm self-employment (receipts from a farm which one operates as an owner, renter, or sharecropper, after deductions for farm operating expenses); regular payments from social security, railroad retirement, unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds, workers' compensation, veteran's payments, public assistance (including Aid for Families with Dependent Children or Temporary Assistance for needy families, Supplemental Security Income, and non-Federally-funded General Assistance or general relief money payments), and training stipends; alimony, child support, and military allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household; private pensions, government employee pensions (including military retirement pay), and regular insurance or annuity payments; college or university scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships; and dividends, interest, net rental income, net royalties, periodic receipts from estates or trusts, and net gambling and lottery winnings.

INCOME FOES NOT INCLUDE the following: capital gains; any assets drawn from withdrawals from a bank, the sale of property, a house, or a car; or tax refunds, gifts, loans, lump-sum inheritances, one-time insurance payments, or compensation for injury. Also excluded are noncash benefits, such as the employer-paid or union-paid portion of health insurance or other employee fringe benefits, food or housing in lieu of wages, the value of food and fuel produced on farms, the imputed value of rent from owner-occupied nonfarm or farm housing, and such federal noncash benefit programs as Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, school lunches and housing assistance.

SSN

Number of family members in your household

Total income of ALL household members for the most recent calendar year

Income Verification Documentation

You may upload a PDF, Microsoft Word document, or image file of your income verification. Examples include 1040 tax returns, 1099 statements, W2s, etc.

Community Integrity

The University of Akron is committed to maintaining a university environment characterized by safety, respect, integrity and inclusion. As a condition of enrollment, all University of Akron students must respond to the Community Integrity questions upon seeking enrollment at UA. Answering yes to either question below does not automatically bar you from enrollment. The University of Akron reviews each case holistically and seeks to understand the context of each student's situation.

Have you ever been dismissed/expelled for any disciplinary or academic reason from any school or is an academic dismissal/expulsion or disciplinary charge from any such institution currently pending against you?

Yes

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense (felony, misdemeanor or juvenile offense) other than a minor traffic violation, or is any such charge currently pending against you?

Yes

The University will need additional information before you can proceed with enrollment. Please provide detailed information about these incidents as well as your permission to obtain additional information directly from the police, court records, or individuals involved.

In order to obtain this information directly, we may need your written permission. If this Supplemental Information Form is not submitted within 30 days, we will presume that you do not grant permission to pursue records, and that you no longer seek enrollment at The University of Akron.

Disciplinary History

Please include all dismissals/expulsions and any pending charges from any school. Failure to include a complete record or falsifying answers may disqualify an applicant from enrollment at UA.

Charges

Violations found responsible for

Penalties

Date of incident

School where incident occurred

Please explain the details and circumstances surrounding the incident.

Please describe the nature of the offense, and what, if any, rehabilitation efforts you have undertaken and/or what you have learned from the experience.

Criminal History

Please include all convictions and any pending criminal charges. Failure to include a complete record or falsifying answers may disqualify an applicant from enrollment at UA.

Offense you were charged with

Date of conviction

Date of charge, if still pending

Arresting agency

Court in which charges were heard

Case number assigned by court

Sentence/fine imposed

Name and contact information of any parole or probation officer or counselor assigned to your case

Please explain the details and circumstances surrounding the incident.

Please describe the nature of the offense, and what, if any, rehabilitation efforts you have undertaken and/or what you learned from the experience.

Please enter your full name to serve as your signature verifying all information provided is accurate.

Sixty Plus Course Information

Option A: Courses taken on an AUDIT BASIS

Developed in accordance with State Law 3345.27 which was passed in 1976, the Sixty Plus Program provides Ohio residents age 60 and older the opportunity to AUDIT credit classes on a space-available, non-tuition basis. Sixty Plus students are exempt from payment of tuition and general service fees, but are expected to pay for any books, laboratory, or instructional fees and parking, if needed. Auditing allows students to attend classes but college credit is not awarded. Participants may audit up to three classes per semester or term.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES for Option A - Auditing Basis

Please complete this application as soon as possible and at least ONE WEEK PRIOR to in-person registration. This application must be completed for all first-time Sixty Plus participants and for those who have not attended classes in the last five years.

Option B: Courses for CREDIT (selective, income-based criteria)

In accordance with Revised Code 3345.27, passed in 1998, the Sixty Plus Program may permit and enrollee to receive credit, provided the individual's family income is less than 200% of the federal poverty guideline, as revised annually by the US Secretary of Health and Human Services for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined.

Under this credit option, income-eligible Sixty Plus participants may enroll for 11 or fewer credits exempt from payment of tuition and general service fees. Sixty Plus students will be expected to pay for any books, laboratory or instructional fees, and parking, if needed.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES for Option B (selective, income-based criteria)

Please complete this application as soon as possible AND income verification materials as soon as possible, and at least 30 days prior to the start of the semester. This application form must be completed for all first-time Sixty Plus participants and for those who have not attended classes in the last five years AND for those switching from Option A to Option B.

Sixty Plus enrollees will receive credit for classes ONLY IF they have:

1. Submitted all pertinent information according to the deadline stated above
2. An income level which meets the stated guidelines and is approved by the UA Office of Student Financial Aid

In addition, income-eligible Sixty Plus students seeking credit must declare the credit choice at the time of registration. Credit requested on a retroactive basis WILL BE DENIED. In order to receive credit, a Sixty Plus applicant must meet all admissions criteria for matriculation into the degree program of choice, INCLUDING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA or GED. If other colleges have been attended, you will also need to provide those transcripts BEFORE ACCEPTANCE into the program.