American University
Human Resources:
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016
Employees: 1,800+
President: Benjamin Ladner
Website:
http://www.american.edu
Career
Site
American University is a private university
located on 84 acres at the top of Embassy Row in Northwest Washington,
DC.
There are 5,866 undergraduate students
enrolled at American University, 3,263 graduate students and
1,688 law students.
Tuition for 2007 is $30,958 and an additional
$11,812 for room and board.
American has 594 full-time faculty and
428 part-time.
In 1890, Methodist bishop John Fletcher
Hurst buys 90 acres of farmland on which to build a nonsectarian,
national university. The school is incorporated as American University
in 1891 and chartered by an act of Congress in 1893.
Benefits
- Accident insurance
- Benefits for same-sex domestic partners
- Dental coverage (BlueCross BlueShield and DentaQuest)
- Family Medical Leave
- Flexible Spending Accounts for dependent child and elder care
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care expenses
- Legal plan coverage
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability
- Medical coverage (CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Kaiser
Permanente)
- Retiree Health Benefits
- Retiree Tuition Remission Benefits
- Retirement savings with employer contributions: 2-to-1 match
- Short-term disability
- Tuition at AU and Wesley Seminary for employees and their spouses
- Tuition scholarships for dependent children at AU and Wesley
Seminary and participating universities
Updated October 10, 2007
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