Why do LPS courses cost less than day courses at Penn?
For several reasons. LPS was founded over a century ago as the School of Arts and Sciences’ outreach division, and has a commitment to keeping tuition costs down for part-time students and to making Penn more accessible to the Philadelphia community. There is also less financial aid available for part-time students, an issue LPS seeks to address through lower tuition costs and specialized scholarships for part-time students. In addition, LPS hires individual instructors from Penn and elsewhere to teach its courses and so does not have the financial obligation and overhead, of supporting entire departments.
This is the case for several reasons. LPS was founded more than a century ago as the School of Arts and Sciences’ outreach division, and has a commitment to keeping tuition costs down for part-time students and to making Penn more accessible to the Philadelphia community. There is also less financial aid available for part-time students, an issue LPS seeks to address through lower tuition costs and specialized scholarships for part-time students. In addition, LPS hires individual instructors from Penn and elsewhere to teach its courses and so does not have the financial obligation and overhead of supporting entire departments.
