Students for whom the payment of tuition poses an extreme hardship may be eligible for a full or partial tuition waiver. Eligibility will be considered in cases where the student has demonstrated scholastic excellence but is having problems paying tuition due to financial hardship, or where the student's main educational funding provider has died or the student or his/her educational funding provider has been the victim of a natural disaster within six months (one year in the case of newly enrolled students) prior to the tuition due date for each semester of tuition.