Eligibility: Employees eligible for education benefits include:
- Full-time and part-time contractual tenure/tenure-track faculty who teach at least half time;
- Regular full-time and part-time non-faculty employees who work at least 21 hours per week for at least 9 months per year.
Guest faculty are not eligible for education benefits, except for the tuition remission benefit available through the Early Childhood Center. To qualify, eligible guest faulty must teach at least half-time during the academic year in which the benefit is received and satisfy the waiting period requirements described in this policy.
Education benefits are granted one semester at a time. Employees must remain in an eligible position with the College through the end of the applicable semester to retain the benefit. If an employee resigns, is terminated, or changes to an ineligible category during the semester, they shall be required to reimburse the College for the full or partial amount of that semester's benefit. The reimbursement shall be prorated according to the date of change in employment status.
Taxation of education benefits depends on Internal Revenue Service guidelines.
The maximum undergraduate education benefit for any one child will be eight semesters, the equivalent of 120 registered credits or four undergraduate years at an accredited undergraduate institution. Advanced Placement courses taken in secondary (high school) are not eligible for tuition benefit reimbursement.
Employees may take up to 5 undergraduate credits or 7 graduate credits per semester. Spouses and domestic partners may take up to 5 undergraduate credits per semester or summer term only.