Starbucks Scholarship Program — **t as Good as We Thought, But Still Pretty Good

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Starbucks Scholarship Program — **t as Good as We Thought, But Still Pretty Good
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Starbucks is k**wn as something of an aberration in the service industry, providing benefits like health care and stock options to even its part-time employees

So when a New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/us/starbucks-to-provide-free-college-education-to-thousands-of-workers.html?_r=0) report that the company was also going to begin covering its baristas' tuition for online classes at Arizona State University broke, it was believable. A variety of media outlets, including Mashable, picked up the story.

See also: $54.75 Will Buy You the World's Most Expensive Starbucks Drink (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/most-expensive-starbucks-drink/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Starbucks PR must have treated themselves to extra whipped cream on their Frappucci**s as the positive headlines flowedMashable's headline declared "Starbucks Plans to Send Its Employees to College for Free (http://mashable.com/2014/06/15/starbucks-college/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)." Opinion columns also flowed with USA Today running "Starbucks' tuition plan shows a better option. (http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/06/19/starbucks-tuition-asu-school-loans-college-column/10978871/)" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/20/starbucks-scholarship-program/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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