As of the May 15 term, most courses will be offered on a pay-what-you-can basis. See individual course descriptions for details.
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One of the most unusual aspects of Corvid College is our financial structure. We leave course fees and cost mitigation options up to the individual teacher. Teachers also are responsible for paying for classroom rental, which varies from site to site. Consequently, we have no set tutition fee. We have no central financial policy. Moreover, fees may change from term to term for the same instructor. Two courses taught by the same instructor may have two financial structures. Costs thus vary widely. Students must check the financial structure of each course they wish to enroll in. Each one is different, according to the teacher organizing it and the type of course.
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Keep in mind that course fees make the college possible in two ways. First, teachers pay for use of the room out of the course fees. They also cover any promotional materials and events out of their pockets. Second, many of the teachers have no other source of income — this is their life's work. The college is a site of supportive monetary (and otherwise) exchange, even while its general style of economics is different from the mainstream.
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On their individual pages, at the bottom, teachers indicate acceptable cost mitigation options. For example, a teacher might accept a share in a CSA farm, or auto repair, or a bicycle. Another teacher provides a discount for full cash up front. Not all teachers will use a given method of fee reduction or replacement, but some will, and inventiveness is encouraged.
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The point of all this is to humanize economics, to encourage transparency and dialogue between students and teachers about money.
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But … How to afford the fees if you still find them too high after cost mitigation.
And … here's some of our original thinking about finances, so that you can see how we arrived at our current structure.
