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5 Years Since Starbucks Offered to Help Baristas Attend College, How Many Have Graduated? – Ed Surge

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Angela Humberstone’s college experience afforded no idyllic afternoons studying on a campus quad.

In between daily work shifts at a hotel in the morning and at a Starbucks in the afternoon, she squeezed in a few hours of homework, sometimes also allowing herself a brief nap in her car.

The arrangement was possible logistically because Humberstone took her courses in business and environmental sustainability entirely online. And it was feasible financially because Starbucks and Arizona State University covered most of her tuition bill.

“Getting a bachelor’s, for me, was something I didn’t think I was ever going to do. It was out of my reach, monetarily wise,” says Humberstone, who lives in San Diego. “I really didn’t want to get a loan and be in debt thousands of dollars when I came out of school and not know what I was going to do. I was turned off of traditional college in that sense.”

Yet in May, Humberstone crossed the commencement stage at ASU, becoming one of nearly 3,000 Starbucks employees who have earned bachelor’s degrees online through the company-university partnership program.

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