University Professional Personnel
Advisory Committee
Issues
Tuition Waiver Policies: UPPAC discussed with President Stukel in Fall, 2004, the possibility of broadening tuition waiver policies both for Academic Professionals and University of Illinois employees at large.
We are interested in two policy changes:
1) The expansion of the tuition waiver policy for Academic Professionals and Faculty Employees and Retirees to include the option for these employees to obtain tuition waivers for courses offered at other universities in the State Universities Civil Service System. Civil Service employees are currently eligible for waivers at other universities in the State Universities Civil Service System.
2) The expansion of the Child of Employee tuition waiver, both for waivers at University of Illinois as well as for waivers at other universities in the State Universities Civil Service System, to also include children of retirees. This would be a change for all employee groups, not just Academic Professionals and Faculty.
The correspondence on this topic:
March 9, 2005 - Letter from UPPAC Chair Carlyn Shank to Marcia Rotunda, University Counsel, asking Counsel's Office to determine what legal or statutory ramifications must be considered in seeking such policy changes.
April 7, 2005 - Memo from Bryan Perrero, Assistant University Counsel
Annual Report to the Illinois General Assembly on Public University Tuition and Fee Waivers, Submitted by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, December 2003.
May 9, 2005 - Letter from UPPAC Chair Carlyn Shank to UI Vice President for Academic Affairs Chet Gardner, requesting the broadening of tuition waiver policies.
July 15, 2005 - Response from UI Vice President for Academic Affairs Chet Gardner.