Manage Waivers

Use waivers to reduce tuition or fees. Currently, waivers apply only to academic period fees. Waivers are automatically applied when the tuition calculation process runs.

As with any student credit, the calculation and posting process uses the combination of the Charge Priority Mapping and Credit Priority to determine how to apply the waiver.

For students to use the waiver, you need to assign them manually to the waiver. And if the waiver is set up with academic periods, curriculum, or both, students have to be enrolled in the specified academic period, curriculum, or both.

Note that waivers are applicable only to academic period fees, academic period course fees, and academic period scheduled course fees.

Credit Setup

In this section of the task wizard, you define the criteria that controls how the waiver is applied. For example, if you select "Curriculum only," after you create the waiver, the Curriculum page appears. On this page, you need to add one or more curriculum. Any student who is enrolled in this curriculum and who has been assigned to this waiver becomes eligible for the waiver.

To set up the waiver, you can choose from among these options:

• Accept all indicates that the waiver applies to any type of academic period fee, regardless of academic year or curriculum.
• Curriculum only indicates that the waiver applies to academic period fees only for the specified curriculum.
• Period only indicates that the waiver applies to academic period fees only for the specified academic period.
• Curriculum or period indicates that the waiver applies to academic period fees for the specified curriculum or academic period.
• Curriculum and period indicates that the waiver applies to academic period fees only for the specified curriculum and academic period.

Depending on your setup, you would have to add curriculum, academic period, or both. Adding these items means that the waiver is applicable to the academic period fees associated with the curriculum, academic period, or both. You're also given the option to override the default calculation rules for the academic periods you add to the waiver.

The fees and fee groups associated with the waiver are derived from the charge priority mapping you selected.

Note: To ensure you can use the waiver, activate it.

Default Calculation Rule

For each waiver, you would also have to define how the waiver is applied to the fee:

• Flat amount indicates that a fee is reduced by the amount you specify.
• Percentage indicates that a fee is reduced by the percentage you specify, up to the indicated maximum amount.
• Amount per unit indicates that a fee is reduced by the amount per billing unit you specify, up to the indicated maximum amount. The waiver is applied until the date you specify in Adjust Until.