Tuition Assistance Blog

When you’re enrolling in a new degree or structured learning program, knowing the ins and outs of financial aid, including tuition assistance, can help you a lot in the long run.

During a company’s annual open enrollment period, employees are alert and engaged about their benefits program. They are asked to review and perhaps adjust their health and welfare benefit elections. Without distracting them from actions they must take, open enrollment can also be a great time to market other benefit offerings, including education benefits, which can be mutually beneficial for both employees and organizations.

Teresa Sebert, Senior Director, Total Rewards, at Strategic Education, Inc., recently discussed open enrollment and how education benefits can be part of the wider conversation about employees’ options.

For today’s talent managers, education benefit policies should be viewed as more than just documents—they're strategic tools for successful organizations and a simple way to retain the best employees. To stay ahead, you must evolve these policies continuously. Let's explore actionable steps to create policies that drive growth and inclusivity as well as support career path development.

In the ever-changing, post-pandemic world, supporting administrative professionals is critical. For many, the pandemic highlighted widening skill gaps, which led to a renewed focus on developing talent. Leveraging educational benefits to fill these gaps and engage our administrative staff can lead to more resilient, adaptable, and accomplished professionals. Angela Elliott, an HR manager at Hormel Foods, recently shared her insights into supporting admin professionals through educational benefits.

Jonathan Kennedy, Senior Chef Tournant at Caesars’ Vanderpump à Paris Restaurant, is pursuing his Bachelor of Business Administration through Strayer University with support from his employer. Jonathan recently spoke about his experiences using Workforce Edge and what it’s been like to be a working adult pursuing additional education.

As a major food retailer, Food Lion prioritizes the personal growth and professional development of its associates, including providing support for their educational interests.

Ardent Health Services implemented a tuition assistance management tool to give employees a variety of professional development opportunities. Read more here.

The end of summer and beginning of fall have traditionally been a time for learners to go back to school. For working adults who may be enrolled in online programs, this remains true-and organizations across industries are seeing an uptick in education benefits use at a time that correlates with benefit open enrollment.

Going back to school can make all the difference in your career journey. Kudos to you for thinking about making the leap. Continuing your education and upskilling by earning a degree or certificate is a great way to boost your value in the workforce and progress in your career.

Education benefits can be a compelling tool to help organizations attract and retain talented, motivated employees. Many companies provide these benefits often in the form of tuition assistance, access to discounted degree programs, non-degree training opportunities, and more. But some organizations struggle to effectively communicate the details and value of what they offer. 

Implementing any new piece of software can be complicated, particularly in companies with a relatively large workforce. But in the Great Resignation landscape of recruitment and retention challenges, employers are evaluating the advantages of offering an education benefit to their employees—as well as what that implementation might entail.

Offering education benefits can be a great way to support your employees’ goals. It can also help you attract and retain an engaged workforce while developing individual and overall capacity to contribute to your organization.