Lehigh cuts non-medical benefits for faculty and staff
Effective Jan. 1, 2027, Lehigh is reducing retirement contributions for new hires, phasing out its $5,000 annual dependent tuition cash grant and changing dependent tuition remission.
Lehigh implemented major changes to non-medical employee benefits effective Jan. 1, 2027, with many provisions applying to employees hired on or after that date. The revisions reduce retirement contributions for new employees, phase out the university’s annual $5,000 dependent tuition cash grant and alter dependent tuition remission.