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The CIC Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP) is a network of CIC colleges
and universities willing to accept, tuition-free, students from families
of full-time employees of other CIC-TEP institutions. Each participating
institution in the network agrees to import a limited number of students
on the same admission basis as they accept all other students, without
regard to the number of students it exports. CIC-TEP was planned and
developed more than two decades ago with a goal of creating a true-access
program, without any costly fees or cumbersome credit-debit limitations.
The true-access component is only one of the many special features that
the program offers.
View the CIC-TEP Participating Institutions
The program addresses several needs. First, the program encourages students
from employee families of private colleges and universities to attend
similar institutions. Second, it assists these same families in meeting
the partial cost of college attendance. Finally, CIC-TEP establishes an
educational resource that enhances each institution's benefits package.
With a current membership of nearly 380 participating
institutions in the CIC-TEP, participation is at its highest level
yet. We encourage you to take part. Institutions may register for CIC-TEP
online by clicking on For Institutions.
Students can find more information on CIC-TEP by clicking on For
Students.
Special Features of CIC-TEP
Several distinctive elements of CIC’s Tuition Exchange Program provide significant advantages for participants:
- True Access Program. CIC-TEP has no limitations on the number of exports nor are there any credit-debit limitations.
- All Full-time Employees are Eligible. CIC-TEP does not limit exchange benefits to certain groups of employees. As long as an employee is designated as full-time by a participating institution, she or he is eligible to receive exchange benefits.
- Employees, Spouses, and Dependents Can Participate. CIC-TEP does not limit benefits to the employee’s dependents. Employees, spouses, and dependents are all eligible for full tuition benefits.
- Optional Waiting Period for Receipt of the Benefit. Institutions have the option of making qualified employees immediately eligible or setting a waiting period consistent with their own campus tuition remission programs.
- No Hidden Fees. Once an institution has become a CIC member and has paid its annual membership dues, it registers (annually) for CIC-TEP and pays the annual institutional registration fee of $350. CIC-TEP does not charge placement fees per student exported.
- Full Tuition Benefit. Institutions may not grant a partial tuition write-off. All CIC-TEP participants receive a full tuition remission benefit for each eligible student.
- Institutions Are Not Required to Import More than Three New Students a Year. This provision is designed to protect the host institution from being inundated with Exchange students.
- Host Institutions May Keep the Student’s Pell and State Scholarships. In order to offset expenses for the host institution and provide an additional benefit, CIC-TEP allows institutions this privilege.
- Lists of Participating Institutions. CIC maintains an easily accessible and current listing of CIC-TEP participating
institutions. Early registration provides maximum opportunity for student choice.
- Not Restricted to Full-time Undergraduates. Some host institutions may permit students to enroll in part-time, graduate, or study-abroad programs. (Eligibility for graduate program benefits is limited to the employee and spouse.)
- National and International Exchange Opportunities. Benefits are not limited to national exchanges. The CIC-TEP provides for international exchanges when exporting and host institutions allow it.
Testimonials from CIC-TEP participants
"As both an incentive and a benefit, the Tuition Exchange Program
often makes the difference in recruiting and retaining good employees
with dependents."
Mary E. Hines
President
Carlow University
"CIC’s Tuition Exchange Program is an essential component in our efforts to attract and retain high quality faculty and staff, who often need to incorporate their children’s college plans into a decision to join the university."
George Martin
President
St. Edward’s University
"The greatest gift I can give to my children is the gift of education. I am so very fortunate to have been able to provide for the future of my children by participating in the CIC Tuition Exchange Program. The opportunities are endless and the rewards will be everlasting."
Patricia Ann Zusinas
Coordinator
Doctoral Program in Instructional Management and Leadership and Graduate Studies, School of Education and Social Sciences
Robert Morris University
"Viterbo University has been a proud and satisfied member of the CIC Tuition Exchange Program for more than a decade. We find it a valuable recruitment tool for faculty and staff.... It is sometimes awkward for the sons and daughters of faculty and staff to attend college where their parents are prominent teachers or senior administrators. CIC-TEP provides excellent options in such cases."
Rick Artman
President
Viterbo University
"The Tuition Exchange Program has been a major benefit for Huston-Tillotson University employees. It has afforded options for our dependents that would not have been within reach ordinarily."
Larry L. Earvin
President and CEO
Huston-Tillotson University
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