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Companies Are Now Getting a Tax Break to Help Employees Pay Down Student Loans

Employers can now contribute up to $5,250 tax-free each year to assist employees in paying off their student loans

Product Updates

TuitionManager 6.1: Release Notes

TuitionManager version 6.1 is now officially available. For customers on version 6 already, these features are automatically available to you.

Product Updates

TuitionManager 6.0: Release Notes

The latest version of TuitionManager is officially available: schedule your upgrade today to take advantage of the extensive list of new features and enhancements.

Product Updates

2019 Year-End Review

It was an exciting year for TuitionManager. The system had a record number of reimbursement requests, applications submitted, and participants. Included in this article we have put together summary data across all TuitionManager clients.

Customer Stories

TuitionManager Reduces BayCare Health System's Tuition Reimbursement Processing Time by 70%

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. This document is intended to highlight the best practices and lessons learned across customers of all sizes and all industries that utilize TuitionManager, updated annually.

Best Practices

2021 Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Policy Best Practice Recommendations

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. As each new customer implements our tool for their organization, we make note of several things...

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The Value of Tuition Reimbursement as a Hiring Incentive

Hiring and retaining top talent is as much about the applicant selling you on their abilities as it is about you selling your company to the applicant. While above-market salary is an easy differentiator, it is not always practical and does not guarantee that the applicant will accept your offer.

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3 Ways Complicated Tuition Reimbursement Policies Hurt Companies

Attracting and retaining outstanding employees is a complicated process for management. Why complicate it further by turning a job benefit – tuition reimbursement – into something that is both time-consuming and confusing not only for HR managers but also for employees?

Customer Stories

TuitionManager's Intuitive User Experience Provides Substantial Benefits for Camden Employees and Administrators

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. This document is intended to highlight the best practices and lessons learned across customers of all sizes and all industries that utilize TuitionManager, updated annually.

Customer Stories

HostedHR's TuitionManager Shortens the Approval Process from an Hour to Just Minutes

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. This document is intended to highlight the best practices and lessons learned across customers of all sizes and all industries that utilize TuitionManager, updated annually.

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Should You Require Employees Who Leave to Repay Tuition?

An important part of your tuition reimbursement program will be determining whether or not you will require repayment after voluntary termination, and the various parameters you set around that. But what are the pros and cons of requiring payment vs. not requiring payment -- and how do you know what's right for you?

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Should Your Company Offer Employee Loan Repayment?

According to Time.com, the current average student-loan debt for graduates from a four-year college or university is $29,000. This number only gets higher from here, depending on if students attended a private university - and higher yet for those who go on to get their masters or PhDs.

Customer Stories

TuitionManager Stood Out High Above Alternative Software Options for Memorial Health System

One of the leading healthcare organizations in Illinois, Memorial Health System of Springfield is a community-based, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to patient care, education, and research.

Customer Stories

MSA Safety Slices Tuition Assistance Processing Time in Half

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. This document is intended to highlight the best practices and lessons learned across customers of all sizes and all industries that utilize TuitionManager, updated annually.

Customer Stories

TuitionManager Improves Operational Efficiency and Saves Time for Penn State Health

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. This document is intended to highlight the best practices and lessons learned across customers of all sizes and all industries that utilize TuitionManager, updated annually.

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Tracking and Calculating ROI From Your Tuition Assistance Program

Has your tuition assistance program been successful in retaining employees? Are the costs of offering your program outweighing the benefits or are you coming out on top? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, then your program is missing something crucial: a way to calculate its return on investment.

Customer Stories

SEPTA easily implements TuitionManager and cuts its documentation approval time by 66%

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly 4 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The organization operates 290 active stations, over 450 miles of track, 2,350 revenue vehicles, and 196 routes

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Building a Business Case for Tuition Reimbursement Software

Tired of tracking your organization's tuition reimbursement program using paper forms and Excel? There's a better, more efficient, and professional way to implement and manage your program - tuition reimbursement software.

Customer Stories

TuitionManager Improves Transparency and Enables Southwest Gas to Increase Participation in Tuition Reimbursement Program

Southwest Gas Corporation was founded in 1931 and is a subsidiary of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. The company provides natural gas service to over 2 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Arizona, Nevada, and portions of California. Southwest Gas is the largest distributor of natural gas in Arizona and Nevada.

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Should I Reimburse Conferences, Certifications, and Training?

As you've undoubtedly heard many times before, a company is only as good as its people. And if your company isn't attracting top talent regularly, everything suffers, including your chances for employees to make outstanding contributions that lead to more customers/clients, long-term success, and increased revenue.

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3 Big Benefits of Tuition Reimbursement Software

Offering a tuition reimbursement program doesn't only affect participating employees, it can greatly affect your human resources team - and not necessarily in the same positive manner.

Customer Stories

TuitionManager Automates Tuition Assistance Program and Improves Policy Governance for Tech Data

From the smart phone in a user's hand to complex solutions powering a global enterprise, Tech Data connects the world with the power of technology. The company's end-to-end portfolio of products, services and solutions, and highly specialized skills and expertise in next-generation technologies, enable channel partners to bring to market the products and solutions the world needs to connect, grow and advance.

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Tuition Reimbursement Program Options for Businesses With Small Budgets

Tuition reimbursement programs shouldn't be relegated to traditional brick-and-mortar institutions. Online courses, certifications, and trainings should also be included for a variety of reasons.

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5 Reasons You Should Include Online Courses in Your Tuition Reimbursement Program

Tuition reimbursement programs shouldn't be relegated to traditional brick-and-mortar institutions. Online courses, certifications, and trainings should also be included for a variety of reasons.

Customer Stories

TuitionManager Improves Quality and Reduces Cost for Valley Health System

Valley Health System's mission is to service the communities of northern New Jersey and southern New York with exceptional, world-class healthcare in a regional setting. They're committed to keeping their communities healthy through their comprehensive inpatient and outpatient programs, highly skilled home care services, community-based medical practices and wellness programs, and collaborations with some of the world's leading healthcare organizations.

Customer Stories

HostedHR's TuitionManager Helps Valvoline Operate a Low-Maintenance Tuition Reimbursement Program

Valvoline is one of the world's leading brands in the engine and automotive maintenance industries. Having celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2016, Valvoline currently ranks as the #2 quick-lube chain and #3 passenger car motor oil brand in the United States.

Best Practices

Which Employees Should be Eligible for Tuition Reimbursement?

A tuition reimbursement policy that is both attractive to employees and manageable for benefit administrators to handle is possible. The complicated part of this benefit only begins when companies place so many restrictions on the policy itself (and an employee's eligibility) that it turns into an HR nightmare.

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Which Education-Related Fees Should be Eligible for Reimbursement?

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. This quote by businessman Richard Branson sums up why offering tuition reimbursement is a smart idea for companies.

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How do I determine the best reimbursement dollar limit?

According to Peter Cappelli in Why Do Employers Pay for College?, providing employees with tuition reimbursement enables you to hire better quality, more educated, and more productive employees. This extra productivity, Cappelli states, makes it economically feasible to pay a large portion of employees' tuition bills.

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Why Offering Tuition Assistance Is a Smart Move for Employers

As employment packages become more and more competitive, keeping your company at the top of any new hire’s list will also grow more challenging. However, there is something your company can offer that has a proven track record of both, and that’s tuition assistance.

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Why Employers Should Go Over the $5,250 Tuition Reimbursement Limit

Employers are allowed to offer employees up to $5,250 in non-taxable tuition assistance benefits, per the IRS, each calendar year. But that doesn't necessarily mean you can't offer more. In fact, there are some incredibly valid arguments on why you should offer more than $5,250 - if your budget allows.

Best Practices

2020 Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Policy Best Practice Recommendations

TuitionManager is an easy-to-use, flexible, web-based application that manages the tuition reimbursement & assistance processes. As each new customer implements our tool for their organization, we make note of several things...

Product Updates

TuitionManager 5.0: Release Notes

We are excited to announce that our latest version of TuitionManager, version 5.0, is now publicly released! Many customer-requested features along with general process improvements have been added to the system to enhance the already simple process of submitting, approving, and administering tuition assistance applications.

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