Protecting your college tuition investment
Protecting your college tuition investment
With an uncertain semester ahead, we look at ways to protect your college investment.
REBOUND..ANDGETTING SAFELYBACK TO SCHOOL.THERE WILL BESEVERAL CHANGESON COLLEGECAMPUSES THISYEAR...BUT MANY STUDENTSWILL STILL PAYTHOUSANDS OFDOLLARS TO ATTEND.IN TONIGHT'SREBOUND REPORT...NBC 26'S MATTJARCHOW LOOKS ATTHE COST OFCOLLEGE IN APANDEMIC... AND HOWYOU CAN PROTECTYOUR INVESTMENT.ANOTHER FALLSEMESTER IS ALMOSTHERE..AFTER A BUSYSUMMER AT UW-GREEN BAY.MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"Over the summer wehave prepared to createdto try to create twoUniversities."THE PHYSICAL ONE..MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"For people who want tobe in person for theircollege experience."AND THE VIRTUAL..MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"That is ready to provideaccess to students whowant that sameexperience online."A NEW WAY OFTHINKING AS THEPANDEMICCONTINUES.MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"It's rethinking about how,the best ways we can giveour students the mostmeaningful experiencespossible while they're withus."STANDUP MATT"So that experience willchange...and thepandemic could forceeven more changes oncampus.
So we asked theChancellor, is it possibleto get a tuition refund?
It'sa complex question withno straightforward answer,but the University canprovide some help."MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"If we have to go online,there are portions of theUniversity where if wehave to close down ourhousing and studentshave to move out ofhousing, that we wouldgive a refund.
We aretelling our students rightnow that if they'reuncomfortable with thehousing situation and theywant to still take classesbut don't want to live in thedorms that we'll give a fullrefund."CHANCELLORMICHAEL ALEXANDERSAID IN THE LAST SIXMONTHS..UW-GREEN BAY HASGIVEN MORE THAN2-MILLION DOLLARSOF AID TO HELP KEEPSTUDENTS HERE.MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"We absolutely are goingto work with our studentslike we've done."THERE IS ANOTHERWAY TO PROTECTTHAT COLLEGEINVESTMENT..INSURANCE..NATALIE TARANGIOLI,GRADGUARDMARKETINGSPECIALIST"We're really seeing thishuge increase in interestand awareness abouttuition insurance."NATALIE TARANGIOLIWITH GRADUARD..SAID STUDENTS CANBUY TUITIONINSURANCE FORABOUT ONE-TO-TWOPERCENT OF THECOST OF THATTUITION.IF A STUDENTBECOMES SICK WITHTHE CORONAVIRUSAND HAS TO LEAVESCHOOL..THEY'LL BEPROTECTED.NATALIE TARANGIOLI,GRADGUARDMARKETINGSPECIALIST"We're really excited thatwe now have COVIDcoverage in a very specificsense.
Basically, we'retreating COVID like anyother ordinary illness thatwe see all the time comeup in students - whetherit's mono or a concussionor anxiety or depression."..WHAT TUITIONINSURANCE DOESN'TCOVER..IS IF YOU'RE FEARFULTO ATTENDCOLLEGE..YOU'REFORCED TOQUARANTINE..OR YOU'RE NOTHAPPY WITH THAT'COLLEGEEXPERIENCE.'AT UW-GREEN BAY..ALEXANDER ISCONFIDENT THAT'EXPERIENCE' ISWORTH THE COST OFTUITION.MICHAEL ALEXANDER,UW-GREEN BAYCHANCELLOR"I'm really proud of whatour staff have done atstudent life and studentaffairs to really rethinkhow to have a robustcollege experience in amore distancedenvironment."..MATT JARCHOW, NBC26.ANOTER NOTE ONGRAD GUARD AT
