Tutoring

Partnering with US Department of Defense to offer free tutoring programs to any college or university student that falls into currently supported groups:

  1. Air Force- Inactive/Part-time Air National Guard personnel, Inactive/Part-time Air Force Reserve personnel
  2. Army- Part-time/inactive (TPU) Army Reserve personnel and Part-time/inactive (M-Day) Army National Guard personnel.  Not eligible- Veterans/Retirees (those no longer serving in the military)
  3. Navy-Active Duty Navy personnel, Active Duty/Deployed Navy Reserve, Navy Reserve personnel (deployed/active and part-time/inactive)
  4. Marines-Inactive/Part-time Marine Corps Reserve personnel
  5. Coast Guard-Full-time Coast Guard Reserve service members in active status, their dependents, including spouses Active Duty Coast Guard service members, their dependents, including spouses, Part-time/inactive Coast Guard Reserve service members and their dependents, including spouses  Inactive/Part-time Coast Guard Reserve

Additional details at the . Suggestion to check this site regularly, there will be updates to the populations the program supports.


1732 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99775 

All completed forms can be mailed, faxed, e-mailed or hand delivered:

UAF Financial Aid office
107 Eielson Building
P.O. Box 756360
Phone: 907-474-7256
Toll Free: 888-474-7256
Email:uaf-va@alaska.edu

The purpose of the GI Bill® tutoring program is to help veteran students pay for any necessary tutoring. The allowance is a supplement to the claimant's monthly educational assistance allowance.

The student, tutor, and certifying official must complete . The form combines the student's application for tutorial assistance with the school's certification of need.

The student may submit an application at the end of each month. However, the student may delay submitting the application and include several months. VA will pay tutorial assistance only for tutoring received during the 1-year period before the date it receives the claim.

 

Conditions and restrictions

  • The monthly rate may not exceed the cost of tutoring or $100. The maximum amount payable is $1,200. There is no entitlement charge for the first $600 of assistance. After $600, an entitlement charge is computed by dividing the amount of tutorial assistance over $600 by the full-time rate the student is entitled to for an institutional course.
  • There is no entitlement charge to students receiving Chapter 35, regardless of the amount of tutorial assistance.
  • The student must have a deficiency in a unit subject that is part of his or her approved program.
  • Tutoring must occur during the student's enrollment period. This includes weekends and breaks during a semester. This does not include breaks between semesters.
  • Tutoring must be given on an individual basis. The tutor may not be a close relative (spouse, parent, child, sister, or brother) of the student.
  • An individual receiving tutorial assistance may not provide tutoring to another student in the same subject.

To apply for tutorial reimbursement:

Bring the following documents to the UAF Office of Student Financial Assistance:

  1. Completed .
  2. Letter of recommendation from your instructor of the course stating that they recommend tutoring to resolve student deficiencies in the given subject.
  3. Proof that the chosen tutor is an approved UAF tutor.

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at