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If baristas finish college, Starbucks will pick up the tab
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Jun 16, 2014
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If baristas finish college, Starbucks will pick up the tab
Starbucks will announce today that it will pay for employees who work twenty hours to finish up their degrees online at Arizona State University.
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Starbucks will announce today that it will pay for employees who work twenty hours to finish up their degrees online at Arizona State University.

Starbucks will announce today that it will pay for thousands of its employees to finish college. Employees who work 20 hours or more will be able to finish up their degrees online through Arizona State University, and Starbucks will pick up the tab.

For more, we're joined by Nirvi Shah. She covers education for Politico Pro.