JetBlue is going to pay its employees' college tuition upfront

What one airline is doing for its employees.
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JetBlue employees can now get online associate's and bachelor's degrees on the company's dime, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The decision to let employees study at Thomas Edison State University, announced Monday, echoes Starbucks' 2014 partnership with Arizona State University.

Unlike Starbucks, however, JetBlue won't require its employees to pay anything up front for associate's degrees. Bachelor's candidates will have to cover their own $3,500 capstone courses.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.