For its initiative to fully accommodate college expenditures for its Texan employees, Amazon has partnered with colleges and universities according to a WFAA article from March 4 which reports,
“Amazon employees around the U.S., including over 30,000 in North Texas, can now attend select college and universities with college tuition fully funded as part of Amazon’s Career Choice partnerships.
Amazon says the Career Choice program offers fully-funded college tuition, allows employees to participate every year they work at Amazon and gives them eligibility after only 90 days of employment.
Through the program, employees can pursue a bachelor’s degree, earn industry certifications leading to in-demand jobs, and build skills through English language proficiency and high school completion programs.
“As Texans and Americans continue to recover from the pandemic, the demands are clear – employers increasingly rely on highly skilled workers and employees increasingly need credentials of value to compete in a globally competitive workforce,” Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller said. “By making this commitment to its employees through higher education, Amazon is demonstrating how partnerships among employers and institutions can empower students to contribute to, participate in, and benefit from our world class economy.”
Nine colleges and universities who partnered with Amazon were listed in a Dallas Morning News article from March 3. In it they list,
- Alamo College
- Austin Community College
- Dallas College
- Houston Community College
- Lonestar College
- Tarrant County Community College
- Texas State University
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of North Texas
Amazon followed the steps of Walmart and Target which already took off with their respective scholarship initiatives for their employees back in 2018 and 2021 respectively.
