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Institutions participating in CIC-TEP must be members
of the Council of Independent Colleges (click
here for CIC membership information).
 Registration
Institutions participating in CIC-TEP must be members of the Council of Independent Colleges. Institutions not currently members of CIC should contact CIC for membership information.
Participating institutions must register annually for the CIC-TEP network by completing the Tuition Exchange Program Registration Form and paying an annual registration fee of $350. As part of the registration process, each participating institution must appoint a CIC-TEP Liaison Officer to authorize the institution’s export applicants as eligible for CIC-TEP benefits. The Liaison Officer also would be the contact person for applicants from other institutions regarding their acceptance by the host institution.
Institutions must be registered by June 30 of the year preceding any academic year that they import or export students and must pay the registration fee during each year that they participate in the program. CIC maintains a current listing of CIC-TEP participating
institutions.
Early registration provides maximum opportunity for student choice.
Guidelines and Procedures
Responsibilities of the home (exporting) institution:
The home institution must authorize TEP participation by student applicants as full-time employees of the institution, dependents (according to the IRS definition of dependent), or spouses of full-time employees. CIC-TEP benefits are automatically terminated at the end of the current term if the qualifying employee drops below full-time employment at the exporting institution. No limit is placed on the total number of students that each institution may export.
Once it has been determined that the student is eligible for the benefit, the TEP Liaison Officer at the home/exporting institution must direct the application to the Liaison Officer at the host/ importing institution in a timely manner.
Responsibilities of host (importing) institution:
The host institution determines whether student applicants are admissible, in accordance with regular institutional admission standards and in compliance with all host institution financial aid policies and procedures.
The host is required to “import” a minimum of three new admissible CIC-TEP applicants each year. Institutions are required to reserve these three slots until April 1.
The host institution’s commitment to each student is limited to full tuition remission. (Institutions may not grant a partial tuition write-off.) Host institutions may use other tuition-specific student financial aid to offset some of this remission.
Students are eligible for TEP benefits for a total of eight semesters (consecutive or nonconsecutive). Host institutions are under no obligation to extend the benefit beyond eight semesters.
Host institutions will determine whether CIC-TEP benefits may be used for part-time, graduate, and/or international study.
The admissions office of the host institution is responsible for informing the student of her or his acceptance to attend the institution.
The Liaison Officer of the host institution is responsible for informing the student of her/his acceptance into CIC-TEP.
The host institution determines whether enrolled students are maintaining good academic standing and satisfactory academic progress.
Student Continuation:
Continued eligibility for participation is determined by the annual filing of the CIC-TEP Student Application Form by the home/exporting institution’s Liaison Officer. Students in good standing are automatically eligible for up to three years of annual renewal of tuition remission for undergraduate study (for a total benefit of four years).
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