Posts by Michael Trivette:

Online Degrees for Single Parents: Schedules, Aid, and Schools That Work

Posted on: 25 Mar 2026

Roughly one in five undergraduate students in the United States is raising at least one child. Among those student parents, single parents face a structurally different version of the challenge: one income, one adult managing the household, and no partner to absorb childcare overflow when a deadline falls on the same night a child is […]

Is It Worth Finishing an Online Degree You Started 10 Years Ago?

Posted on: 25 Mar 2026

If you are asking this question, you already know the rough outline of your situation: you started college, life got in the way, you left, and somewhere between 10 and 20 years have passed. You still have the credits on your transcript. You probably still have the loan debt, or you have paid it off […]

Tractor Supply Tuition Assistance: Online Degrees for Tractor Supply Team Members

Posted on: 22 Mar 2026

Tractor Supply operates more than 2,200 stores across rural America, and its roughly 50,000 team members share something that matters for thinking about going back to school. They live in places where the nearest four-year university campus is often an hour or more away, where the local community college may be the most practical option […]

TJX Companies Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods Employees

Posted on: 22 Mar 2026

TJX Companies runs TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense, and Sierra in the United States, which means a huge number of off-price retail workers are technically employees of the same parent company and have access to the same education benefits. If you work at any of those banners, the path to an online degree starts with […]

Online Degrees for People in Rural Areas: Connectivity, Accreditation, and Schools

Posted on: 21 Mar 2026

If you live in a rural area and you’re considering going back to school, online education is probably the right answer even though it has real complications that people in urban areas do not have to think about. The math is straightforward: there are fewer colleges within driving distance in rural America, those that exist […]

State Farm Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for State Farm Employees

Posted on: 20 Mar 2026

State Farm pays $7,500 per year toward undergraduate tuition and $10,000 per year toward graduate tuition for eligible employees. Both of those numbers are meaningfully above the IRS Section 127 tax-free limit of $5,250, and they are substantially higher than what Allstate, Progressive, Liberty Mutual, and most competing insurance employers offer. State Farm has described […]

Hilton Education Benefits: Online Degrees for Hilton Employees

Posted on: 20 Mar 2026

When Hilton launched its Guild Education partnership in January 2022, the company became the first major hotel brand to offer a Guild-style debt-free education platform — a meaningful move in an industry where education benefits have historically been minimal and inconsistent. Today, nearly 45,000 Hilton team members at U.S.-owned, managed, and corporate properties have access […]

Kroger Feed Your Future: Online Degrees for Kroger Employees

Posted on: 20 Mar 2026

Kroger launched Feed Your Future in 2018 as part of its Restock Kroger strategy, using federal tax savings to fund up to $3,500 per year in tuition reimbursement (with a $21,000 lifetime cap) for any full-time or part-time associate with six months of tenure. By any measure it is a strong benefit for the grocery […]