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As an institution of higher education, Willamette University believes in the value of education, both for self-improvement and as a means for improving the skill of our workforce. One of the many outstanding benefits afforded to full-time employees of Willamette University is our Tuition Remission and Exchange program. Tuition benefits are available to employees as well as their dependent spouse and children. For more information on these benefits, click on the links below.

Important note about Taxability: The Tuition Remission program for employees complies with IRS regulations that allows for up to $5,250 of non-taxable educational assistance to be provided to employees per tax year for graduate level courses. Amounts above $5,250 are then charged as a taxable benefit to employees such that they will need to pay taxes on these amounts as if they received the dollar value of the benefit in cash. Taxability FAQ

All employees who utilize this benefit are strongly encouraged to track their tuition remission benefit for the year and plan accordingly with Linda Gerlits in the payroll department. Graduate tuition remission becomes taxable to the employee when the benefit is received and execeeds the $5,250 exclusion. At that point, every dollar of the graduate-level tuition remission benefit is taxable. If you are taking graduate courses througout the year, this means that the additional income and additional taxex will always occur in the latter part of the year. Employees who are receiving this taxable benefit should plan accordingly for the decrease in net pay that will occur when the additional taxes are withheld.

Information

• Tuition Remission Program Comparison/Summary
• Employee Tuition Remission Program
  • Graduate Tuition Benefit Taxability FAQ
• Spouse Tuition Remission Program
• Dependent Child Tuition Remission/Exchange Program
• Administrative Handbook (See section 6.16 and 6.17)
• Classified Handbook (See section 6.16 and 6.17)
• Faculty Handbook (See section 6.14 and 6.15)

Application Forms

• Tuition Remission Application for Dependent Children of Employees
• Tuition Remission Application for Faculty and Staff
  
• Tuition Remission Application for Spouse

Other

• National Tuition Exchange Website
• A Special Message Regarding Professional Conduct for Employee-Students in Willamette's MBA for Professionals Program

Northwest Tuition Exchange Program

Lewis & Clark College
Carrie Loewen
Human Resources
0615 SW Palatine Hill, Box 72
Portland, OR 97219

(503) 768-7838
loewen@lclark.edu

Whitman College
Cindy Waring
345 Boyer Ave.
Walla Walla, WA 99362

(509) 527-5172
waringcl@whitman.edu

Willamette University
Laura Collins
Assoc. Dir. of Financial Aid
Salem, OR 97301

(503) 370-6273
lcollins@willamette.edu

University of Puget Sound
Rosa Beth Gibson
Dir., Human Resources
1500 N Warner
Tacoma, WA 98416

(253) 879-3116
rgibson@ups.edu