An educational benefit is a tuition assistance program that helps employees and their families with higher education costs. It is generally included as a benefit in an employee compensation package and offers reimbursement of tuition costs at enrollment or after the course is completed.
An EAP— sometimes called a tuition reimbursement program—enables employers to fund their employees' higher education courses. For example, you might choose to fully or partially fund your employees' undergraduate or graduate degrees, professional development or skills-building courses, or vocational certifications.