For-profit colleges want in on tuition-discount program
New York’s for-profit colleges are waiting to find out if they will be able to offer students a discount on tuition through a new state program designed to make college more affordable.
The Enhanced Tuition Award program was adopted with the 2017-18 state budget in April in response to concerns that free tuition to the state’s public institutions would put its private institutions at a competitive disadvantage. Under the program, private colleges that agree to match the state’s contribution would be able to offer eligible students a $6,000 discount on tuition.
But the state’s for-profit colleges were left out of the equation — a move the Association of Proprietary Colleges (APC) warned would disadvantage some 40,000 students who attend their schools.
A new bill that passed the Legislature this month and is now making its way to the governor’s desk would correct that, expanding the definition of “private college” to include both for-profit and nonprofit institutions. The governor’s office is still reviewing the bill, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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