Single payer college system

Consistent with Vermont’s plans to roll out the nation’s first single payer healthcare system in 2017, CCV’s dean of administration Barbara Martin announced a planned 2015 rollout of a single payer college system for CCV. The initiative, funded by the Bill Gatees foundation, will provide each degree student with free tuition, a new PC desktop computer, a weeklong spring break trip to Springfield, Vermont, and employment at Microsoft.  When asked about the single payer college initiative, CCV Montpelier student Nada Willing, said, “Sounds fine, but I was hoping for a Macbook Air and a job closer to home.” Joyce Judy announced that faculty and staff will not be eligible for the single payer system due to existing options for participating in courses. However, she revealed a new program – Wielding Enrollment from Within (WEW; pronounced ‘whew’) that will be of interest to faculty and staff.  WEW provides a 50% salary bonus for each new child born to a faculty or staff member if the CCV employed parent signs a contract assuring that the child will attend CCV full-time through degree completion once they graduate from high school. Between the single payer initiative and the WEW program, 2015 enrollment is expected to increase.