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Guidelines for Tuition Remission
for Online Graduate Programs

 

The University’s current tuition remission policy did not envision the offering of online programs, which involve the imposition of enrollment caps and the incurrence of additional costs by the University that are not present with the University’s traditional graduate programs. While permanent revisions to the existing policy are being considered through the established channels, the following guidelines will apply regarding online and hybrid (combined online and face-to-face) graduate programs:

  1. The University reserves the right to limit the enrollment of students receiving tuition remission to up to 5% of the total students enrolled in any program. Students will be given priority based on the length of employee full-time University service.* Students must be both accepted to the program and have submitted their completed application for tuition remission to be eligible for consideration. Additional students may be admitted on a space-available basis.

  2. Students accepted for tuition remission will be responsible for the fee payable by the University to its online service partner for the courses in which they are enrolled.

  3. Tuition remission is not available for enrollment in doctoral-level coursework or programs.


The above will apply for students whose initial enrollment in the online or hybrid program occurs on June 1, 2013 or later, and will continue until May 31, 2014 or the establishment of revisions to the Tuition Remission policy that explicitly address online and hybrid programs, whichever occurs first.

Specific procedures, including timetables, will be established for the operationalization of these guidelines subsequent to their approval.

*Spouses of employees will be given priority according to the length of the employee full-time University service.

 

Instituted: March 2013