Tuition Waiver - EMPLOYEE & DEPENDENT/SPOUSE WAIVER REQUEST FORMS

TUITION WAIVERS FOR EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN UNIVERSITY COURSES

By policy of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, full-time, regular NSU employees within the State System who are Oklahoma residents may enroll in courses at the institution where employed. NSU will waive up to 6 hours per semester of masters-level graduate or undergraduate tuition (excluding student fees) for the fall, spring, and summer semesters. To be eligible for the employee tuition waiver, full-time employees must be pursuing an undergraduate or masters-level graduate degree, or a certificate or badge. Students in the Doctor of Education in Community-Based Leadership program may have 3 hours of tuition waived per semester. The value of the reduced tuition may be taxable as income.

Eligible employees must receive approval signatures from the account sponsor and supervisor prior to enrolling in courses, in order to ensure that classes taken will not interfere with work assignments. For non-exempt employees, all missed work hours must be made up by the employee, as approved by the supervisor, and recorded on the timesheet. If enrolling in excess of the course limits outlined above, all such hours missed will result in an appropriate payroll deduction. The account sponsor and supervisor must also approve any additional course registrations prior to enrollment.

The signatures of the supervisor and account sponsor (i.e., Director, Dean, Assistant Vice President, Vice President) on the form shall be considered verification that the appropriate arrangements have been made to make up any missed time. Employees must submit a new, signed form each semester.  Previous approval from the account sponsor and supervisor does not guarantee future or continuing approval.

Employee Tuition Waiver Request Form

Please submit the request form to the scholarship office CASE or you can email it to scholarships@nsuok.edu. Contact the scholarship office via email at scholarships@nsuok.edu or call 918-444-3471 if you have any questions.

 

TUITION WAIVERS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND SPOUSES OF UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES

Northeastern offers an undergraduate tuition waiver program for qualified residents of Oklahoma who are dependent children (24 years of age or younger on the first day of the semester) or spouses of full-time NSU employees. The employee, spouse, or dependent must be a qualified resident of Oklahoma as defined by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The applicant must be regularly admitted as a full-time degree-seeking student in a program of study leading to a first undergraduate degree. The tuition waiver covers 50% of general enrollment tuition for up to 12 hours in Fall and Spring semesters, and up to 6 hours in the summer semester. Part-time students may only receive a waiver if funding is available. If an eligible spouse or dependent wishes to pursue approval for part-time status tuition waiver funding, a written statement must be emailed to scholarships@nsuok.edu explaining reasons for part-time status and a plan for completing a bachelor’s degree. The total amount of all combined tuition waivers cannot exceed the student's total tuition costs. Other criteria to be eligible for the waiver are available from the Scholarship Office via the waiver application. The application is updated yearly and sent via email to all faculty and staff.

Procedures

Applicants must upload documentation of dependency or marital status.

The priority deadlines for the Tuition Waiver Program for Children and Spouses of University Employees will be:

• June 1st  -  Summer Semester
• August 1st  -  Fall Semester
• December 1st  -  Spring Semester

A request form must be completed once an academic year and the student must meet the following criteria to continue receiving the tuition waiver:

• Enroll in and complete at least 24 credit hours each academic year, unless a student has been granted a part-time exception (at least 12 per semester).
• Maintain a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA for each academic year.

The application is updated yearly and sent via email to all faculty and staff towards the end of the spring semester.

Dependent and Spouse Tuition Waiver Request Form