Lucky high school students can scrape together enough scholarships and grants to cover a hefty portion of their college tuition. But working adults? They’re generally on their own. UniversityNow has gained a following for its approach to solving the college tuition program: a competency-based education platform that offers low-cost degrees through two accredited online schools—New Charter University and Patten University. The schools are cheap compared to traditional universities—New Charter is $199 per month for unlimited classes (including e-textbooks). But UniversityNow is going a step further, making it possible for a significant portion of the working adult population to get a degree from Charter or Patten for free.

The startup announced this week that it’s teaming up with the mayors of San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento, California, for the College Works Initiative, which caps the cost of attending UniversityNow’s schools at whatever students receive in tuition reimbursement from their employers. That means several hundred thousand workers in the three cities—anyone who gets tuition reimbursement—can now obtain a college degree at no cost.

Believe it or not, this won’t put a strain on UniversityNow’s business. "Because we run a low-cost model, for most employers their tuition reimbursement is more than our retail cost. That’s how we stumbled into this, " explains UniversityNow co-founder and CEO Gene Wade. And for the working adults who get a smaller tuition reimbursement—well, they’re in luck.

The federal limit for giving employees tuition reimbursement without being taxed is $5, 250 per year. That’s often where employers will cap reimbursement, giving employees facing college tuitions that cost tens of thousands of dollars each year little hope. A BS in business from New Charter, on the other hand, costs $6, 368 in total.

UniversityNow’s schools aren’t for everyone—if you’re looking for a degree from an elite school, you should look elsewhere. But the company expects an uptick in students from the initiative. As Wade points out, if the average loan balance for students is a little under $26, 000—higher for working adults—1, 000 people going through the College Works Initiative will save $25 million in tuition costs. "Our hypothesis is that there will be a lot of people interested in this, " says Wade, in the understatement of the year.

math behind resolution physics behind resolution meaning behind resolution resolution between 1080p and 1440p resolution between 1080p and 4k resolution between 720p and 1080p resolution between two peaks resolution between 1440p and 4k resolution between two peaks formula resolution between 1080p and 720 resolution between 480p and 720p resolution beyond 1920x1080 resolution beyond good and evil resolution beyond monitor resolution beyond 1080p resolution beyond native beyond resolution beyond resolution meaning dispute resolution beyond the adversarial model but resolution but resolution meaning high resolution but small file size high resolution but low dpi high resolution but low bitrate video but resolution resolution by aaliyah resolution by board of directors resolution by refutation resolution by matt corby resolution by robert b parker resolution by ruby archer resolution by board of directors template resolution by lia purpura dispute resolution civil dispute resolution what is adr dispute resolution what is dispute resolution in law what is the best alternative dispute resolution resolution during pandemic resolution during infection resolution during conflicts during resolution males experience a during resolution during resolution time conflict resolution during covid dispute resolution during covid resolution even number special resolution event except resolution resolution for women resolution for men resolution for youtube videos resolution for 24x36 poster resolution from courageous resolution from seneca falls convention resolution from the movie courageous resolution from church resolution from board of directors resolution form sba resolution from lowest to highest resolution from church sample resolution between 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution of front facing camera resolution in photography resolution in writing resolution in plot inside resolution dns resolution inside docker container resolution of inside out and back again resolution of inside out change resolution inside rdp session dns resolution inside docker name resolution inside docker resolution into inches resolution into pixels resolution into cm resolution into dpi resolution in to mm resolution into ratio resolution into factors resolution into simple elements crossword resolution like 1920x1080 resolution like a version resolution like 1024x768 resolution life 1080p resolution like word resolutions like 720p like resolution resolution sound like what is a resolution made of resolution near me near resolution meaning near resolution near resolution synonym tax resolution near me resolution solicitors near me conflict resolution near me resolution drops near me resolution next to 1366x768 resolution next to 1920x1080 is 1366x768 a good resolution 1366x768 what resolution

Source: www.fastcoexist.com