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Trumbull site will begin pilot program for undergraduates who lost jobs after Oct. 1
By Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 08:34 p.m. EST, Jan 06, 2009
Kent State University is offering free tuition at its Trumbull campus for laid-off workers.
The pilot program will save new students taking 12 credit hours $2,385 for the spring semester.
''We had special funds available on this campus. Given the special circumstances of the region, we thought, 'Why not?' '' spokeswoman Randi Schneider said.
The Mahoning Valley, which includes Trumbull County, is struggling because of layoffs at General Motors and other companies.
Schneider said the KSU program could become a template for other campuses in the Kent State regional system, but that has not been decided.
''There will be many variables,'' she said. ''How many students apply? What is the success of the students who avail themselves of this opportunity? Do they continue past the semester?''
The one-time waiver comes with a few strings.
It is only for undergraduate applicants who have been laid off from a full-time job since Oct. 1. Applicants cannot have attended any college or university in the past three years.
They must provide proof that they were laid off because of the economy. Proof could include a letter from the employer or documentation of unemployment benefits, for instance.
The offer also is good only at the 2,000-student Trumbull campus in Warren, which is the second-largest of Kent State's seven regional campuses. Students can start and finish 10 bachelor's degrees programs at the Warren campus and about 15 associate degrees.
Qualified students would be eligible to take any class at Trumbull with seats available on the first day of the spring semester, Jan. 20, but cannot push out a tuition-paying student.
Schneider said the goal is for 50 to 100 students to enroll this week and next. Information sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and 5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Workforce Development Building at KSU Trumbull.
For more information, call 330-675-8860.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
Kent State University is offering free tuition at its Trumbull campus for laid-off workers.
The pilot program will save new students taking 12 credit hours $2,385 for the spring semester.
''We had special funds available on this campus. Given the special circumstances of the region, we thought, 'Why not?' '' spokeswoman Randi Schneider said.
The Mahoning Valley, which includes Trumbull County, is struggling because of layoffs at General Motors and other companies.
Schneider said the KSU program could become a template for other campuses in the Kent State regional system, but that has not been decided.
''There will be many variables,'' she said. ''How many students apply? What is the success of the students who avail themselves of this opportunity? Do they continue past the semester?''
The one-time waiver comes with a few strings.
It is only for undergraduate applicants who have been laid off from a full-time job since Oct. 1. Applicants cannot have attended any college or university in the past three years.
They must provide proof that they were laid off because of the economy. Proof could include a letter from the employer or documentation of unemployment benefits, for instance.
The offer also is good only at the 2,000-student Trumbull campus in Warren, which is the second-largest of Kent State's seven regional campuses. Students can start and finish 10 bachelor's degrees programs at the Warren campus and about 15 associate degrees.
Qualified students would be eligible to take any class at Trumbull with seats available on the first day of the spring semester, Jan. 20, but cannot push out a tuition-paying student.
Schneider said the goal is for 50 to 100 students to enroll this week and next. Information sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and 5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Workforce Development Building at KSU Trumbull.
For more information, call 330-675-8860.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Cuyahoga Falls, Oh
Posted 11:48 PM, 01/06/2009
Well, har-de-har-har!
"Qualified students would be eligible to take any class at Trumbull with seats available on the first day of the spring semester, Jan. 20, but cannot push out a tuition-paying student."
Well, at least the "powers-that-be" haven't put such a conditon on the regular University employees or their dependents seeking to avail themselves of the University's tuition waivor program, eh?
I mean, after all, the pay may not be all that great but the benefits are...or at least that's what I've been told.
Posted 08:20 AM, 01/07/2009
this should be expanded to all state universities and supplimented by the federal government for retooling america
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:51 AM, 01/07/2009
The posts above represent the everpresent welfare mentality: "The more someone gives to me, the more I demand they give me more"
Nice value system, Retired Cop Wife and rupert 54.
Uniontown, OH
Posted 11:00 AM, 01/07/2009
Hopefully, being a student will not disqualify them from their unemployment benefits.
hudson, oh
Posted 11:48 AM, 01/07/2009
Jake: Why do you hate so much? You must have had an easy life, contrary to whatever you'll claim. Just be thankful your 'value system' hasn't come home to roost in your backyard. Yet. Hatred like yours of fellow Americans is shameful.
Akron, Oh
Posted 02:59 PM, 01/07/2009
patriot, your post makes no sense. why do you hallucinate so much? I guess it's better than listening to the truth and dealing with facts. Or perhaps you take pleasure in being an immature liar?
Posted 05:47 PM, 01/07/2009
Wow, Jake, here you are again attacking people for having an opinion that differs from your own, and resorting to your usual name calling. Do you ever have anything of substance to contribute to a debate, or do you just revel in calling other people names and belittling them?
With as bad as our economy is today, kudos to the Trumbull campus for trying to do something about it and keep the unemployed in their community busy with class instead of sitting on their butts.
What's so wrong with this idea Jake, or do you just want to call me an idiot again and think you're better than most people?
