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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, M 34 MAR. 11-17, 2022 BTR
Amazon employees now have the opportunity to attend CUNY. File photo
Amazon partners with CUNY, brings
college opportunity to employees
Bronx Community College will be
part of a new partnership between the
City University of New York and Amazon,
which allows the company’s current
hourly employees to attend college
to further their career opportunities.
As of January, through Amazon’s
Career Choice program, the company
is providing an annual benefi t covering
tuition and select fees for all qualifying
hourly employees accepted into Bronx
Community College.
Starting with an initial focus on associate
and bachelor’s degrees, the initiative
is open to any major of study at
eight CUNY colleges in all fi ve New York
City boroughs. CUNY’s partnership, the
fi rst for Amazon in New York State, is
part of a national commitment by Amazon
to provide educational and upskilling
opportunities to more than 750,000
hourly employees at four national and
more than 140 local universities and colleges.
Through this collaboration, New
York City-based Amazon workers will
have access to more than 500 associate
and bachelor’s CUNY degree programs
– including more than 40 programs at
Bronx Community College — offered
online or in-person, including in-demand
fi elds such as technology, healthcare,
and green energy.
“We applaud Amazon’s commitment
to our students,” said Bronx Community
College President Thomas Isekenegbe.
“The plan to cover tuition costs
for our more than 40 Associate degree
programs will change the landscape
for our community. BCC students will
build upon their skills with increased
opportunities for their careers and employment,
all with the possibility for a
better future.”
In addition to Bronx Community
College, the other CUNY colleges participating
in the program include: Borough
of Manhattan Community College,
the City College of New York, the College
of Staten Island, the CUNY School
of Professional Studies, Kingsborough
Community College, LaGuardia Community
College and Queens College.
“We cannot be a prosperous city
without the collaboration of private
partners to help create effi cient educational
and career pipelines,” Mayor Eric
Adams said. “This is what I call ‘Get
Stuff Done’ and I’m grateful Amazon
is working with the city to launch this
joint educational partnership. Thanks
to the collaboration between CUNY’s
Career Success Initiatives and Amazon’s
Career Choice, thousands of New
Yorkers will gain access to an Associate
or Bachelor’s degree and training to further
their careers.”
-Bronx Times
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