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[theweaselking]

Starbucks to provide free university education to employees, no strings attached. If you work for Starbucks more than 20 hours a week, and have the grades, they'll pay your tuition for online classes at Arizona State.

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[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Who chooses how many hours they get to work?

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Not as good as it appears: http://horsesass.org/or-you-know-we-could-just-make-a-college-education-affordable-again/

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but "working within the system" is a whole lot better than "not working within the system at all", and rather more immediately feasible than "change the entire system from the ground up".

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Precisely.

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Free? Starbucks tuition program receives criticism | USA Today -- [Starbucks' announcement that it's offering a free college education to all employees has received criticism from several educational policy experts about the scope of its benefits.]

Still, far better than the "nothing" many/most U.S. companies offer their part-time employees.