EdAssist Resource Center
The EdAssist Resource Center offers tools to help the HR and Benefits Professional build and support a tuition assistance program for your workforce. It contains many of the best practices from clients we have served ranging from small businesses to international corporations.
Build
Your Tuition Assistance Policy IRS
Offers Tax Credits for Education Schools
Provide Deferred Payment for Company-Sponsored Education Accreditation:
What is It, and Who Needs It? Financial
Aid Options for Working Professionals Asking
Nontraditional Questions of Nontraditional Education Programs Copyright 2007 EdAssist.com. All
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This
framework contains the standard terms found in most tuition
assistance programs. When you are ready to build your tuition
assistance program through EdAssist, click
here.
Money Back? From the IRS? Yes! There are some
new tax laws that may benefit the working adult going back to
school.
Many universities will defer employee
payments for the portion supported by the company. This article
covers the process for receiving these benefits from learning
providers.
How Are
Tuition Assistance Benefits Taxed?
We've
pulled Section 127 from the tax code so you can forward to your
legal team for an interpretation as to how your enterprise will
treat taxation of tuition assistance benefits.
College
Rankings: What do They Really Mean
You may have already checked out the US
News and World Report rankings of colleges, or the Business Week
Review. But if you're an adult student, you need to understand
what these rankings really mean, and how appropriate they are
to the adult student.
MBAs
Come in All Shapes and Sizes
There's
more to an MBA program than meets the eye. Schools specialize
in everything from technology management to globalization.
Get Your RFI Resonses Here:
Prior Learning Can Lead to College
Credits
Companies
that support fees for College Level Examination Programs tend
to save tuition assistance dollars.
Accreditation. It is one of the most important, yet misunderstood
concepts in higher education. Make sure your policy conforms
to the right accreditations.
Although a number of scholarships and grants are reserved for
the truly impoverished full-time student, there are solid alternatives
available to the working adult.
Education
programs designed for working professionals buck the trends
of the traditional ivy-walled university. Therefore, in order
to find the right program, you need to ask a new set of questions.
To
MBA or Not To MBA
Gaining
a MBA degree is not the only answer for an advanced business degree.
Here are some other suggestions for a business education.