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December 16, 2008
St. John's U. of New York Offers Tuition Discount to Laid-Off Alumni
St. John’s University, in New York, is offering graduates who have recently lost their jobs the chance to go back to college at half the usual price.
The university announced the Alumni Assistance Program this month. It includes a 50-percent tuition discount on graduate programs for alumni who were laid off in the economic downturn of the past six months and who enroll in the spring or summer of 2009.
The discount doesn’t include programs in the law school.
The university will also waive the $70 application fee and will offer job-search assistance and professional-development programs to alumni caught up in the recession. —Kathryn Masterson
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In line with the Vincention spirit of providing help to those in need. Teaching how to fish rather than providing the fish.
— Alumnus Dec 16, 03:40 PM #
A brilliant idea. And borrowing costs for those who need it are lower than ever. St. John’s deserves great praise.
— DLS Dec 16, 06:00 PM #