Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
Walmart and Amazon together employ more than 3 million Americans. Both companies offer fully-funded education programs to their hourly workforce. Both pay tuition prepaid to partner schools rather than reimbursing employees after the fact. Both let employees pursue a degree without a work commitment after graduation. From the outside, the programs look similar. They are […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
Berkshire Health Systems operates one of the most comprehensive employer-funded clinical training programs in New England. The signature program is the BHS Career Pathways, which pays for tuition, fees, books, supplies, uniforms, and a laptop while paying participants 40 hours of weekly wages for 8 to 16 hours of actual nursing assistant work during training. […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
Concord Hospital Health System reimburses tuition up to approximately $2,000 per year and $10,000 lifetime for full-time and part-time employees taking courses at accredited colleges and universities, per employee accounts. Beyond the standard reimbursement program, Concord Hospital operates the Community Health Investment Program (CHIP), a scholarship that provides tuition assistance for both current employees pursuing […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2026
The folks at the Common Application have officially announced that the Common App essay prompt menu for the upcoming 2026-27 admissions cycle will remain exactly the same as it was the previous year. In the opinion of the College Transitions staff, the decision to stay the course was a wise one—it was based on the […]
Posted on: 04 Mar 2026
Sixty credits is roughly two years of full-time college coursework — half of a bachelor’s degree. If you earned them and then stopped out, those credits are still on your transcript. They have not expired. But whether they will count toward a degree at the institution you are now considering is a completely separate question, […]
Posted on: 04 Mar 2026
Goodwill offers tuition reimbursement to its employees, but the specific terms of the program depend on which regional Goodwill organization employs you. Goodwill operates as a federation of 150+ independent regional organizations across the United States and Canada, each of which administers its own benefits package within a shared mission framework. Some regional Goodwills offer […]
Posted on: 04 Mar 2026
Xerox reimburses up to 80 percent of eligible tuition expenses for full-time employees pursuing job-related coursework, with annual reimbursement typically capped at or near the federal $5,250 tax-free threshold. The percentage-based structure is uncommon among Fortune 500 tuition programs (most peer employers operate at fixed dollar caps regardless of program cost) and aligns Xerox’s contribution […]
Posted on: 04 Mar 2026
One in three college graduates regrets their education choices, according to a 2024 USA Today survey of 1,000 graduates. The most common regrets were financial: they wished they had attended a less expensive institution, chosen a different field, or done more research before enrolling. In a separate 2024 BestColleges survey of online learners specifically, 27 […]