Member Staff Access to Educational Partnerships

• By: Dianne Chicoine
• On: 07/16/2025 12:03:46
• In: Education

MHCA, through its group purchasing program, has partnered with Purdue Global and St. Joseph's College to offer member staff a discount on their tuition rates. We encourage you to share these opportunities with your staff. 

Purdue Global Education Opportunities
 
Purdue Global's educational alliance with the Maine Healthcare Association provides many benefits to the association members and employees as well as their family members. PG offers discounted tuition rates for courses, training and degree programs at 20% for undergraduate programs,14% on graduate programs and 10% for doctoral programs.
 
PG also provides even greater tuition discounts through our alliance for groups (cohorts) of students. Discount rates increase up-to 52% for each student and result in minimal costs for individuals to further their education. Purdue Global can create and customize courses and programs to fit a specific organization's needs or skills as well. This benefit could consist of the creation of a single course or several courses that focus on the specific skills and training needed for your organization and the departments within. PG currently offers over 175 programs. For more information, contact Russell McKee, Director, Educational Partnerships T. 603.732.8086 E. ramckee@purdueforlife.org 
 
St. Joseph's College
 
Saint Joseph's College of Maine (SJC) is proud to announce a new partnership with the Maine Health Care Association (MHCA), offering MHCA employees exclusive benefits to pursue their education through SJC's accredited online programs. This collaboration provides MHCA members with affordable tuition rates on all of SJC's accredited online degree and certificate programs, including Health Administration, Long Term Care, Radiologic Science, Nursing, Business, and Social Sciences/Humanities. With 100% online, asynchronous courses students from MHCA can continue working full-time while advancing their education.
 
Explore this opportunity and find the right program for you by visiting: sjcme.edu/academics/online/programs/. If you are interested in filling out SJC's free application, head to sjcme.edu/apply and select Maine Health Care Association to receive the special tuition rate.

For more information on these partnerships, or other saving opportunities through our group purchasing program, please contact Dianne Chicoine, Director of Business & Information Services (207.623.1146).

Staff contact: dchicoine@mehca.org