Education Assistance Benefits
The University's goal in offering education assistance is to provide its faculty and staff and their families with a broad range of educational opportunities, and to provide the institution an opportunity to train and develop its faculty and staff while equitable sharing costs.
Education assistance is funded through the University benefits pool. The funds in the benefits pool come from an assessment, which departments pay in the form of a benefits rate. For every dollar that a department pays faculty or staff in salary, the department also pays a certain percentage, which is determined each year, to a central benefits pool.
Funds from this pool are used to support all benefits provided to faculty and staff. These benefits include medical and life insurance, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, dental plans, retirement plans, etc., as well as education assistance plans.
The following is a summary of the education assistance programs that are available. Please click on highlighted text for specific information regarding each plan.
Staff Development - pays for work-related training courses provided through the Center for Talent Management and Organization Development in the Office of the Vice President for Human Resources. University full-time and part-time faculty and staff are eligible to participate in this program.
Tuition Remission - pays for the courses and workshops offered through JHU's academic schools. Full-time JHU faculty and staff, their spouses and dependent children as well as retirees and their spouses may participate in this plan. Same-sex domestic partners and their dependent children may also participate in the Plan. Outside courses, conferences and seminars may be covered for employees if they are required to maintain a professional certification or license for the job and the certification or license is regulated by the state licensing board. Note, if the course does not meet both requirements the department may pay and the department benefit is not taxable to the employee.
Tuition Reimbursement Plan for Faculty and Staff in Outlying Areas - pays up to $5250 for outside part-time credit coursework for full-time faculty and staff members living AND working outside the Baltimore or Washington metropolitan areas. Spouses and dependent children are not eligible.
Tuition Reimbursement for Bargaining Unit Members - pays up to $500 for outside credit and non-credit courses, not available through the University, which will promote or enhance employees’ career development. Spouses and dependent children are not eligible.
Tuition Reimbursement for Undergraduate Studies - pays up to $2,000 per calendar year for outside undergraduate coursework (freshman through senior level). Spouses and dependent children are not eligible. For additional information on this new program please click on the following links. Overview Questions & Summary Sheet
Tuition Grant Plan - provides for payment of full-time
undergraduate studies for dependent children of full-time faculty and staff. Dependent
children of retirees and same-sex domestic partners may also participate in this plan.
Spouses are not eligible. For additional information about the program and new process that begins academic year 09, please click on the following links. Overview Questions
** New Process