This sounds like a pretty cool offer for Starbucks employees. What a great opportunity to take advantage of.

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Starbucks on Sunday night announced a major effort to help its employees earn bachelor’s degrees. The company will pay for the junior and senior years of any employees who work at least 20 hours a week if they are admitted at junior or senior level to one of 40-plus bachelor’s programs offered online by Arizona State University. There is no requirement that the degree program relate to Starbucks business.

The Starbucks program puts an emphasis on completion, not cash up front. Students will be reimbursed every time they complete 21 credits (with no reimbursement until the first 21 credits are completed). Participants, who can enroll either part time or full time, a Starbucks spokeswoman confirmed, will receive a personal enrollment counselor and will be required to participate in a one-week orientation program.

Inside Track will provide the pre-enrollment and post-enrollment counseling to program participants. Pearson, which provides many services for Arizona State’s online programs, has a contract with Inside Track for those services.

Partial scholarships will be available for freshman and sophomore years. An explanation by the company on its website explained the emphasis on junior and senior years this way: “Degrees are about careers, and we’re thinking about your future, whether you decide to stay with Starbucks or not. This program is designed to support college completion by offering full tuition reimbursement for juniors and seniors to finish their undergraduate degree, and providing an on-ramp and access to higher education for freshmen and sophomores.”