Starbucks To Provide FREE College Education To Its Employees
June 16, 2014
Starbucks will provide a FREE online college education to thousands of its workers, without requiring that they remain with the company, through an unusual arrangement with Arizona State University.
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
The program is open to any of the company's 135,000 United States employees, provided they work at least 20 hours a week and have the grades and test scores to gain admission to Arizona State.
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
Many employers offer tuition reimbursement. But those programs usually come with limitations like the full cost not being paid, new employees being excluded, requiring that workers stay for years afterward, or limiting reimbursement to work-related courses.
Starbucks is, in effect, inviting its workers, from the day they join the company, to study whatever they like, and then leave whenever they like — knowing that many of them, degrees in hand, will leave for better-paying jobs.
Via NY Times
Stray Dog Becomes the Star of a Wrestling Match
Dad Kept a Handmade Paper Tie His Daughter Made at Age 5 for a Very Special Moment
The Neighbors Who Found the Dog Had Never Met the Owner. They Were on the Same Alert List
High School Band Student Goes Viral With Incredible 'Thunderstruck' Xylophone Performance
At 90 Years Old, James Thomas Completed His 43rd NYC Marathon, His Last One
He Found a Baby in a Phone Booth. Years Later, She Found Him and Calls Him Dad
He Was Paralyzed at 15. Then He Found a Love That Changed His Life
He Carried a Gas Tank Across the Graduation Stage to Honor His Father
