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We trust these teachers with our children because we HAVE to, we have to work and provide and cannot be with our children at all times. Our children need an education. We shouldn’t have to fear that our educators are hurting our children. It’s egregious and makes trusting people with our children that much harder. Cameras will help parents get a peace of mind. Documentation of our children’s day will benefit the parents as well as the educators. It’s not fair to us that we have to wonder if our children are being treated right when they’re not in our care.
Mariana supported: Mandate Installation of Cameras in All Lincoln, Nebraska Public School ClassroomsI appreciate that this petition is for students who had enrolled prior to information on the updates to the policy, which would apply to me and many of my colleagues and classmates. However, I would love to see it extended to revert back to the prior policy for all students. I likely would not have begun the WPMBA program if I had this knowledge of an impediment to my freedom of choice in my future career path. I have been deeply considering taking a pause or break from my program due to financial reasons and due to this policy. I would like to be able to remain flexible in future career choices, especially as the federal and state landscapes rapidly change and my position feels increasingly less secure because of funding concerns.
Sierra supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesThis petition is a fair request. I am in my last semester of the WPMBA program and OSU has changed the employee tuition assistance program since I began it's program. It is unfair to current students because this is something that was added after we had begun the program. We should be grandfathered in if this is how OSU is choosing to change things. Not only have my paychecks been severely reduced as a result of the current employee tuition "benefit", and has hurt me significantly in the filing of my annual taxes, but I feel this new change is a further stab at hurting us, not helping us. This needs to change immediately.
Kristin supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesI understand why OSU feels the need to put forth this policy. However, I don't think it should be enacted on current students. For most of us, the point in employees using this benefit is to better themselves and move into new positions. OSU isn't always the best place for that growth to happen considering how underpaid many positions are. Some of us, chose to use this benefit to move out of a clinical position and into a management position that could mean moving outside of OSU. I feel that people should be made aware of this stipulation prior to actually starting the program so they can make their own decision. Those of us who are already in the program would be greatly impacted by this new policy and should be heard as to how they are impacted.
Margaret supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesI agree with my fellow Buckeyes that we understand OSU's new policy, however, this petition for a grandfather clause for already enrolled students is a fair request. We enrolled based on established terms. Fisher's great network and employer relationships was a major consideration for me in joining this program – one that would have been weighted differently had required employment upon graduation been a term of accepting the benefit. This change unfairly impacts us as we were not given the opportunity to take this requirement into consideration before investing significant time, resources, and energy. I have faith that President Carter, the university HR leadership, and the Deans of all impacted programs are reasonable and can understand the need to implement a grandfather clause to maintain the originally established terms of this benefit, while still moving ahead with the new terms for those seeking to enroll in the future.
Cathy supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesThe employee tuition benefit gets sold as one of the best benefits provided by the university. The policy change puts it on par with other major private employers, while the pay scale is still far lower. That's fine for new applicants to consider as part of their compensation package going in, but it's wrong to change the terms for those of use who have already started our programs. This sort of policy change has very negatively altered my views on the program and made me more actively consider other employment. This doesn't encourage me to stay at OSU, it encourages me to leave before the policy takes effect.
Steve supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesThis petition is a fair request. The policy, while a good policy for both the medical center and the school, was enacted during current students’ programs. We are asking to be excluded from the policy if currently in a program (at least one year before the policy starts) August of 2024 or earlier. My specific situation has added a lot of stress due to this policy that I was otherwise not concerned. I will be in a fellowship until October of 2026. I graduate in May 2026. Fellowship is a term position so afterwards, I will not be under OSU employment. This policy makes it so I would have to pay back all the tuition and fees from the last 2 semesters (~ $18,900). Please consider our request.
Austin supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesI care because people deserve "respect". I understand change, but, that should be implemented with new employees, and those that are already a part of should be grandfathered in. You are penalizing those that want to better educate themselves where "you" offered up in good faith. Respected employees is what makes a company thrive, look good and makes a difference in the bottom line financially, etc., not ones that have been devalued/demeaned. Why create an unnecessary hardship for those that took part in this benefit, which brings more to the table for the employer. Pay it forward and "do the right thing".
Cheryl supported: Preserve the Ohio State Tuition Assistance Benefit for Current Student EmployeesWhile I believe that this policy change is fair overall and far less of an expectation than is found in many corporate entities, I do believe that those currently enrolled in the program should be grandfathered as this new policy was not able to be part of our calculus in deciding to use the benefit. Also, I, if I or others do choose to remain at OSU following our graduation from the program, I would want people to stay because they have chosen to and not because they feel tricked or trapped. I hope that this petition will be given fair consideration.
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