VIGO COUNTY, Ind – Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has been found eligible to participate in federal student aid programs in 2005 to 2010 and is not required to return $42 million in student aid as determined by a resolution reached with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).

The DOE last week reversed its initial finding on the compliance of SMWC with regard to distance education funding.

More than nine years ago, an audit by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the DOE found that SMWC was allegedly not in compliance.

After a more thorough review of the initial findings by the DOE, including the records of regular and substantive interactions between students and academic staff during the years audited and the favorable findings of SMWC’s accrediting agency regarding its academic model, the College has been deemed in full compliance with applicable law.