| Tuition
Assistance Management
For your workforce to remain competitive and abreast of changes
in today's marketplace, education is a necessity. At the same
time, the rising costs of higher education and other training
alternatives demand increased focus on the bottom line and
maximizing of your company's investment.
CAEL, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, can
help your company leverage its tuition assistance program
to increase employee participation, reduce management
costs in time and money, and improve employee loyalty.
As the only adult learning organization of its kind, we blend
high-technology capabilities with a high-touch approach to
customer service - maximizing both your bottom line and the
investment in your human capital.
Through the use of our technologically advanced Tuition
Assistance Management Service (TAMS), CAEL delivers
these substantial benefits to your company:
- Higher program participation resulting in increased workforce
knowledge
- Reduced internal human resources and accounting staff
time and costs
- Improved employee adherence to program policy and guidelines,
potentially leading to lower overall program costs
- Superior data tracking and reporting to measure program
quality and impact
- Application of best practices in workforce development
and adult learning
- CAEL saved one client $300,000 in a previously
in-house administered tuition assistance program
What is TAMS?
TAMS is a comprehensive, high-tech/high-touch system designed
to manage your company's tuition assistance program in every
phase of the process, from course selection and grade verification
to the cutting of checks to either the school or your employees.
CAEL achieves the above benefits for your company
through:
- Thoroughly trained customer care representatives accessible
through a dedicated toll-free service number specifically
for your employees
- Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and fax-on-demand technology
for automated after-hours service
- Comprehensive web-enabled services for employees, including
application submission and account review through a company-specific
website
- Fully customizable database capabilities for comprehensive
data tracking
and reporting
- Direct payment to employees or institutions on behalf
of your company
One of the unique benefits for corporations and education
providers that work with CAEL is access to its national Featured
Provider Network. The Featured Provider Network brings
together regionally accredited educational institutions that
have agreed to provide a discount and/or other meaningful
benefit s to each of CAEL’s Tuition Assistance Management
clients. This can amount to substantial savings for CAEL’s
client companies. CAEL fosters closer, meaningful and professional
relations between companies and accredited universities and
colleges to the mutual benefit of corporations, employees
, educational providers and CAEL itself .
Finally, through the use of CAEL's companion Career
and Educational Advising Services, your company
can further enhance the benefits of TAMS by helping employees
to make informed, cost- and time-effective educational choices,
linking learning to company needs and goals and boosting morale
by encouraging personal and professional growth. On
average, CAEL clients using career and education advising
save nearly $1,200 per employee on tuition, books and fees.
With TAMS, CAEL can help your company maximize its investment
in human capital through increased workforce knowledge, morale
and retention while improving your company's bottom line.
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