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New York Life Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for New York Life Employees

New York Life supports employee education with an unusual two-pillar approach that addresses both sides of the education-finance equation. The tuition reimbursement program helps employees pay for new coursework, undergraduate and graduate degrees, and professional development. Separately, the Student Loan Repayment Program helps employees pay down debt from education...

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How to Approach the Common App Essay Prompts in 2026-27

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...

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The Biggest Mistakes Adults Make When Choosing an Online Degree

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...

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PepsiCo Tuition Reimbursement: Online Degrees for PepsiCo Employees

PepsiCo’s education benefit is one of the more frontline-focused programs in the Fortune 100. Launched in 2022 as MyEducation and administered through Guild Education, the program covers more than 100,000 US-based associates across the company’s major business units: Frito-Lay North America (snack manufacturing and distribution), PepsiCo Beverages North America...

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Online College Review: Maryville University Online

Maryville University is a private, nonprofit institution founded in 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri. It holds HLC regional accreditation reaffirmed in 2025, has a majority online student body with 6,431 of approximately 9,883 total students enrolled exclusively online, and has made a distinctive institutional bet on technology and cybersecurity...

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