GENERAL GUIDELINES - Tuition Remission, Assistance and Exchange programs are for tuition only. Grant money from any of these programs may not be used for books, housing, lab fees, or any other non-tuition charges. - When space or budget limitations occur, funds will be distributed in the following order of priority, unless otherwise stipulated: 1. Currently enrolled individuals who are working toward a degree, using credit hours completed (those with the highest numbers of completed hours will be given priority); 2. Dependent children new to the program and working toward an initial degree; 3. Employees new to the program and working toward an initial degree; 4. Spouses new to the program and working toward an initial degree; 5. Others who may be eligible for courses according to the guidelines. - Each spouse and/or dependent enrolled full-time in any of the University’s tuition aid programs has either 10 semesters of eligibility or until the initial degree is earned, whichever is the lesser. - Any summer session, complete or partial, is equivalent to one semester of the total term of eligibility. - Tuition Remission is not available for January Term. - Tuition Remission only covers up to 18 credit hours in the fall or spring semesters. It does not cover overload courses. - Any student may be enrolled in only one of these tuition aid programs at any given time. - Any dependent child or spouse enrolled in the Tuition Remission program must be working toward an initial baccalaureate degree or fulfilling requirements for teacher certification. - Any employee taking courses through Tuition Remission, but not working toward a degree, may take no more than two (2) courses in any fiscal year. - An employee not in a degree program must register for classes on the last day of the drop/add period. The employee may attend earlier sessions of the class, but these procedures are required in order to assure spaces in the classes for degree seeking students. - No more than two (2) family members may be enrolled in the programs during any given semester. - All persons involved in any of these tuition aid programs must first complete all procedures for applying for admission to the University and be admitted as a matriculating student before they can request tuition aid through one of these programs. - All full-time students involved in one of these programs must apply, during the admission process, for Virginia Tuition Assistance Grants (TAG) for which they may be eligible. Such funds could reduce the University’s costs for tuition aid. Should the student choose not to apply, the university will not fund those federal and state grants for which a student would be eligible, and the student must make up that difference. Please contact the Financial Aid department for more information on applying for TAG funds). - Tuition Remission is not available for use in semesters spent in study abroad (TAG funds may be available to help with tuition costs for Virginia residents enrolled in such programs); Tuition Assistance and Exchange programs, in conjunction with study abroad, will be paid in accordance with what Virginia Wesleyan normally pays per semester for that particular school, - Students in one of these tuition aid programs must remain in good academic standing at the University or he or she will be dropped from tuition privileges as soon as the student is placed on any academic probation or suspension. - The Tuition Remission and the Tuition Assistance programs at VWU are administered by the Director of Human Resources. The Tuition Exchange program at Virginia Wesleyan is administered by the Director of Financial Aid. Requests for exceptions to this policy will be considered on a case-by-case basis and should be submitted in writing to the appropriate director. - Applications for the Programs are available in the Financial Aid Office, the Human Resources Department, and online at http://www.vwu.edu/hr/forms.php.
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