? university employee here, currently playing the TE lottery. My $.02…it’s a great deal IF you can get it and IF there are several schools on the list your kid would be happy attending. Otherwise, not worth a) being miserable at a job and b) the significantly lower salary we in higher ed command.
Also? The benefit really is only the amount of difference between what she qualified for in merit aid and the amount covered by TE (not full tuition at some of the schools she has applied). In one case, that difference was only $7.5k per year.
Follow along on the TE thread to get an idea of what the benefit is truly like.