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Are Online Colleges a

Good Choice for Federal
Employees?
If you’re a federal employee, you know that
sometimes, the only thing standing in the way of
advancing to a higher level position with a higher
pay grade or step is a college education. Trying to
earn a degree the traditional way, in which you
have to stick to a rigid schedule of on-campus
classes, is difficult when you’ve already got a job
you don’t want to leave. Online college courses
are a convenient alternative to face-to-face
learning for students who are trying to balance
getting an education with a full-time day job –
especially when that day job is with the United
States federal government.

Making College Affordable for

Federal Employees

A number of employers – in both the public and

the private sector – now offer some form of
tuition assistance or reimbursement that can be
put toward earning a college degree online in
many cases. If you work for the federal
government, though, you might be able to get
something even better than a (usually small)
portion of your educational costs covered by your
employer – a deep discount on the total cost of
attendance.

One highly-ranked, regionally accredited online

college headquartered in New England recently
entered a partnership with the federal
government that will allow government
employees to earn their online degrees for less,
the Vermont Public Radio reported.

How much less? According to the school,

Champlain College, government employees will
pay 70 percent less than the standard tuition rate.
Discounts like this put higher education into a
new realm of affordability for federal employees
and their dependents and spouses. The courses
required to earn an academic certificate can cost
as little as $3,000, according to Vermont Public
Radio, while tuition for bachelor’s or master’s
degrees hovers between $12,000 and $13,000.

The Effect of Government-College

Partnerships

The partnership between the federal government

and Champlain College is actually the second of
its kind. Last year, the University of Maryland
University College (UMUC) became the first to
forge such a partnership with the government.
UMUC provides federal employees across the
nation with a 25 percent discount on more than
80 undergraduate and graduate degree
programs, as well as infusing the curricula with a
“public sector perspective” so they can make the
most out of their education. The results of this
partnership were “encouraging,” the United
States Office of Personnel Management
reported. Upwards of 1,200 federal employees
and their spouses and dependents from 42 states
took advantage of the discounted tuition, saving
almost $765,000 collectively.

Partnerships between the federal government

and schools like Champlain College and the
UMUC are win-win situations. As a federal
employee and student, you can earn your degree
at a fraction of the standard cost. With
partnerships like this, the federal government can
close the skills gap that keeps current employees
out of higher level positions that need to be filled.
The schools get the opportunity to educate
potentially thousands of additional students who
might otherwise never pursue their education.

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