Summer School Program Fees

The CTW is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit. For our Summer School, we maintain a sliding scale for the program fees, and we do everything that we can to work with people’s financial needs. However, as an independent, non-profit institution, we also have to pay people for their labor and try to cover the costs for our activities, many of which we offer as a free educational service to the public. Therefore, we commonly request that applicants for the Summer School do everything that they can to obtain funding from external sources or their home institutions–if they have one–in order to support our alternative educational platform. Revenue that is generated through donations or higher fees for salaried workers is re-destributed in the form of scholarships for those in need.

Program Fees for In-Person Paris Program
$1,500 Tenure-track/tenured faculty or salaried worker (salary over 80k USD)
$1,100 Tenure-track/tenured faculty or salaried worker (salary under 80k USD)
$800 Anyone who is not tenure-track/tenured faculty or salaried worker
$550 Reduced tuition in cases of clear economic need
There is a sliding scale down to $0 to account for global economic inequality, and there are also work-study options available (see the application form). All program fees are non-refundable. Check out our Patreon for more low cost options.

Program Fees for Online Program
$1,100 Tenure-track/tenured faculty or salaried worker (salary over 80k USD)
$800 Tenure-track/tenured faculty or salaried worker (salary under 80k USD)
$550 Anyone who is not tenure-track/tenured faculty or salaried worker
$350 Reduced tuition in cases of clear economic need
There is a sliding scale down to $0 to account for global economic inequality, and there are also work-study options available (see the application form). All program fees are non-refundable. Check out our Patreon for more low cost options.

Funding for Travel and Accommodations
We are a small non-profit organization, and we run everything on a shoestring budget. Unfortunately, we do not have the financial means necessary to cover travel and/or accommodation costs for participants. This is one of the reasons that we began the online version of the Summer School in 2018, which is identical in content to the in-person program. Please consider this option if you do not have the means to cover travel and/or accommodations.