Tuition Benefits for Dependent Children
Eligibility
For employees hired September 1, 2018 and after, the tuition benefit is available to the dependent children of:
- Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty and Full time Administrators and Staff (whose positions are budgeted to work at least 1,770 hours per year).
- Temporary positions are not eligible for this benefit, including grant-funded positions, sabbatical replacements, visiting professors, coaching interns, teaching assistants and native speakers.
- There will now be a 5-year waiting period for eligible employees who are hired on or after September 1, 2018.
For employees hired before September 1, 2018, the tuition benefit is available to the dependent children of:
- Full-time Faculty, Administrators and Staff (whose positions are budgeted to work at least 1,770 hours per year).
Dependent Children
- For employees hired after August 1, 1998, dependent children must be either naturally born or legally adopted in order to qualify for tuition benefits
- Must be unmarried
- Must be a candidate for first undergraduate degree
- Must meet the admissions requirements of the institution to which they are applying
- Must meet all application deadlines
Age Limitation
The purpose of the tuition benefit is to assist College employees in the education of their children who complete secondary school and who shortly thereafter pursue with a four-year college or university course. Thus, eligibility of a student beginning their undergraduate education is without limitation, beyond that previously enumerated, to the age of twenty-one years. After that age, the Educational Benefits Committee, consisting of the Vice President for Enrollment and Education, the Chief of Staff, and the Vice President for Finance and Administration, will decide the question of eligibility as it relates to each applicant. In reaching their decision, they shall consider the educational objectives of the applicant, the circumstances contributing to the delay in beginning undergraduate work (for example, the delay was caused by military service) and their marital and dependency status.
Global Study
Effective with the Class of 2027, dependent children of employees will no longer be eligible to study globally through the College’s tuition benefit program. Employees may reach out to the Center for Global Education at 717-337-6866 if they have questions or wish to consider other options for participation in study abroad.
Death or Long-term Disability of an Employee
The dependent children of qualified employees who have completed seven (7) years of full-time continuing service and who die or who are totally disabled while in active service at the College, will be eligible to receive the tuition benefit to which they would otherwise be entitled.