Do both parents have to be employed in order to receive financial aid?
The primary responsibility for meeting obligations for tuition lies with the immediate and extended family. The Financial Aid Committee assumes that when possible, both parents will be employed outside the home so as to be able to contribute to the tuition payment. If a family has a non-working spouse, the Committee assigns a minimum income for that spouse and adds it to total household income. Minimum income is defined as the amout of money an adult could earn if he or she held a forty hour per week job that paid the minimum wage. Minimum income is not assigned when there are extenuating circumstances that would prevent the spouse from working outside the home such as non-school age children, illness, or caring for an elderly parent.
