To: Ryan Randall, Director, Employee & Labor Relations
Save Our Tuition Reimbursement
The University of New Mexico Hospital recently decided to dramatically reduce reimbursement rates for staff taking online classes and combined programs by almost 50%!
We feel UNMH needs to keep their deal with the employees, honor the prior tuition reimbursement procedures and seek to keep qualified staff here!
We the undersigned support the "Save Our Tuition Reimbursement" movement!
**Note: Please sign the paper petition OR the online petition, not both**
We feel UNMH needs to keep their deal with the employees, honor the prior tuition reimbursement procedures and seek to keep qualified staff here!
We the undersigned support the "Save Our Tuition Reimbursement" movement!
**Note: Please sign the paper petition OR the online petition, not both**
Why is this important?
SAVE Our Tuition Reimbursement
The evolving landscape of higher education has changed the way working-students obtain degrees and certifications. “Non-traditional” students have a diversity of methods to pursue their continued education while working and contributing to the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) system. It’s time for UNMH to catch up and cherish their employees seeking to further their education while working to serve the community they hold so dear.
The University of New Mexico Hospital is an academic institution that aspires to Magnet Status; which is a designation indicating that they are “Nurse Friendly”.
• UNMH recruits health care professionals by touting its great benefits, one of which is tuition reimbursement allowing employees to obtain higher degrees and National specialty licensure
• UNMH recently decided to dramatically reduce reimbursement rates for clinical staff taking on-line classes and combined programs by almost 50%
• The Hospital made this decision unilaterally without informing staff, seeking to understand the impact this would have on current employees, or having discussions with any of the key stakeholders!
• Changing this policy in haste may jeopardize educational opportunities staff are currently pursuing or would otherwise be able to pursue in the future and may de-incentivize potential employees from applying to UNMH
UNMH has always relied on the labels used on the UNM Bursar’s Office published tuition and fee schedule to reimburse courses taken outside the giant UNM university system, the same methodology was applied to courses in question. UNM now has a separate section on its tuition and fee schedule for a unique set of new online programs. For UNMH employees, all courses labeled as "online" were reimbursed based on the tuition and fee schedule specifically used for this select few UNM online programs, without consideration for the varied education programs working-students participate in.
Get informed..........Sign a petition...........Speak out........
Phone: 505-884-7713
Website: www.nmhospitalworkersunion.com
Email: [email protected]
Facebook group: “Save our Tuition Reimbursement”
The evolving landscape of higher education has changed the way working-students obtain degrees and certifications. “Non-traditional” students have a diversity of methods to pursue their continued education while working and contributing to the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) system. It’s time for UNMH to catch up and cherish their employees seeking to further their education while working to serve the community they hold so dear.
The University of New Mexico Hospital is an academic institution that aspires to Magnet Status; which is a designation indicating that they are “Nurse Friendly”.
• UNMH recruits health care professionals by touting its great benefits, one of which is tuition reimbursement allowing employees to obtain higher degrees and National specialty licensure
• UNMH recently decided to dramatically reduce reimbursement rates for clinical staff taking on-line classes and combined programs by almost 50%
• The Hospital made this decision unilaterally without informing staff, seeking to understand the impact this would have on current employees, or having discussions with any of the key stakeholders!
• Changing this policy in haste may jeopardize educational opportunities staff are currently pursuing or would otherwise be able to pursue in the future and may de-incentivize potential employees from applying to UNMH
UNMH has always relied on the labels used on the UNM Bursar’s Office published tuition and fee schedule to reimburse courses taken outside the giant UNM university system, the same methodology was applied to courses in question. UNM now has a separate section on its tuition and fee schedule for a unique set of new online programs. For UNMH employees, all courses labeled as "online" were reimbursed based on the tuition and fee schedule specifically used for this select few UNM online programs, without consideration for the varied education programs working-students participate in.
Get informed..........Sign a petition...........Speak out........
Phone: 505-884-7713
Website: www.nmhospitalworkersunion.com
Email: [email protected]
Facebook group: “Save our Tuition Reimbursement”