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TECHniques Center Fees

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The TECHniques Center charges a fee above the university tuition and fees. This covers the expense of tutoring, support services, and resources for student participants. Fees are included each semester on a student's university bill and should be included in their statement of financial need.

Students in their first year at Texas Tech must participate in the TECHniques Center's standard or expanded services.

Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Semesters

Standard Services – $2500 per semester

  • 3-5 hours per week of individual tutoring by College Reading and Learning Association certified peer tutors
  • Weekly meetings with an assigned academic counselor
  • Use of facility, including computers and printer

Expanded Services – $3000 per semester

  • 6-8 hours per week of individual tutoring by College Reading and Learning Association certified peer tutors
  • Weekly meetings with an assigned academic counselor
  • Use of facility, including computers and printing
  • To be eligible for the expanded option, a student must have special permission from the Academic Counselor, as this option entails a higher time commitment. Please contact the TECHniques Center at (806) 742-1822 or techniques.center@ttu.edufor more information.

Limited Services – $1700 per semester

  • 1-2 maximum hours per week of individual tutoring by College Reading and Learning Association certified peer tutors
  • Bi-weekly meetings with an assigned Academic Counselor
  • Use of facility, including computers and printing
  • Students must meet the following requirements to use limited services with the TECHniques Center:
    • Sophomore classification or higher at Texas Tech University
    • Two consecutive semesters in the TECHniques Center with a term GPA of 2.5 or higher
    • Must be in good standing with the program and have never been on Probation with the TECHniques Center

Summer 2023

Standard Services – $800 per short term (i.e. courses that run June 2 – July 3, 2020 or July 6 – August 6, 2021)

Expanded Services* – $900 per short term (i.e. courses that run June 2 – July 3, 2020 or July 6 – August 6, 2021)

*To be eligible for the Expanded option, a student must have special permission from the Academic Counselor, as this option entails a higher time commitment.

Note: Summer tutoring services are dependent upon available tutors; therefore, the TECHniques Center may not be able to provide an exact tutor match. Students who wish to receive tutoring for courses that run all summer (i.e. English 1301, for example) can sign up for both summer short terms, but may work with a different tutor each term. Please give us a call at (806) 742-1822 if you have any questions. In addition, Limited Services are not available during the Summer.

TECHniques Center Statement of Student Financial Responsibility

The TECHniques Center has a financial responsibility to the tutors we hire to work with each student. Likewise, students have a financial responsibility once they agree to participate in our program.

When a student signs the Statement of Understanding, thus allowing us to actively reserve a spot for him or her in our program, the TECHniques Center immediately begins recruiting, hiring, and training tutors for that specific student based on the student's major and schedule. Part of the student's TECHniques Center fee goes toward the recruiting, hiring, and training of these tutors. When a student opts out of our program voluntarily or involuntarily (including withdrawing from the program, discontinuing tutoring services, and/or being suspended from tutoring services for violating our policies), we must work to find another student with a similar schedule with whom the tutor may work. Because this is often impossible, the TECHniques Center continues to pay tutors for hours lost from students who voluntarily or involuntarily withdraw from the program.

As such, students who opt out of the TECHniques Center will have some degree of financial responsibility for their participation in the TECHniques Center program. Therefore, it is very important that all students understand our refund policy and make note of refund deadlines (listed below).

TECHniques Center "Deposit"

The TECHniques Center recruits, hires, and trains tutors in anticipation of student needs and must honor our commitment to our student employees, even when a student withdraws from the program. All students will be charged a non-refundable deposit (or service fee) of $200 for each term (Fall, Spring, Summer 1, and Summer 2). This deposit is not charged separately. It is already included in the program fee listed above and pays for the up-front cost of recruiting, hiring, and training tutors. This $200 is a non-refundable portion of the fee and will be deducted from any eligible refunds if a student withdraws from the program, is suspended from the program, or rescinds his or her spot in our program.

TECHniques Center Refund Policy

The full program fee will be posted to the student's account within two weeks of the TECHniques Center receipt of the student's signed Statement of Understanding or when billing for that term opens (whichever occurs first). Should a student withdraw from the program, voluntarily or involuntarily, he/she will be refunded an amount according to deadlines posted below, less the $200 nonrefundable deposit amount. Due to confidentiality, the TECHniques Center is not allowed to collaborate with advisors, housing, or The Office of the Registrar, or other campus offices to verify a students' enrollment or attendance at Texas Tech University. Thus, it is the student's responsibility to communicate with the TECHniques Center if a decision to utilize the TECHniques Center or attend Texas Tech University changes. This refund policy is also included on the Statement of Understanding. Refer to Student Business Services for payment deadlines and/or to set up a payment plan

Students who opt out of the TECHniques Center due to suspension from Texas Tech University are responsible for 25% of the program cost plus the $200 nonrefundable deposit. For questions regarding our refund policy and schedule, please email Sharon Betzold or call her at (806) 742-1822.

REFUND SCHEDULE BY SEMESTER
SEMESTER/REFUND Full Refund* 50% Refund* No Refund
Fall Until July 31 August 1-14 Beginning August 15
Spring Until December 14 December 15-31 Beginning January 1
Summer (all dates) Until May 14 May 14-31 Beginning June 1

 *Less the $200 nonrefundable deposit

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