The Chronicle of Higher Education:
Starbucks is teaming up with Arizona State University on an exclusive program that could send thousands of its baristas, store managers, and other employees to ASU Online for their undergraduate degrees, with the coffee company picking up about three-quarters of the tuition tab.
The unusual program, the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, will be available to more than 100,000 of its employees. The partnership, which could cost Starbucks hundreds of millions of dollars a year, is likely to add luster to the company’s reputation for corporate social responsibility.
While it’s not the “Starbucks pays for college!” story some media outlets portray it to be, it’s still a great perk of working for the company and a way for employees to get or complete a degree.
The only problem with this is Arizona is #1 or #2 amongst US states for bigotry and stupidity, and they are proud of it.
so, better to get a job at Starbucks and get Starbucks to pay (part of the ) tuition fee , than get an assistantship at university – Great!!!
Which has absolutely nothing to do with the fact this is for ASU Online – not the physical school or state.