CCRI selected by Amazon as an Education Partner for Career Choice Program
July 28, 2022
Today, the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) announced it has been selected
as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly
employees access to the college’s more than 90 certificate or degree programs in high-wage,
high-demand industries including healthcare, business, IT, cybersecurity, and education,
among others. CCRI is the first and currently only college or university in Rhode
Island that is an Amazon Career Choice partner.
Amazon’s Career Choice program is an education benefit that empowers employees to
learn new skills for career success at Amazon or elsewhere. The program meets individual
learners where they are on their education journey through a variety of education
and upskilling opportunities including full college tuition, industry certifications
designed to lead to in-demand jobs, and foundational skills such as English language
proficiency, high school diplomas, and GEDs. In the U.S., the company is investing
$1.2 billion to upskill more than 300,000 employees by 2025 to help move them into
higher-paying, in-demand jobs.
Amazon’s Career Choice program has a rigorous selection process for third-party partner
educators, choosing partners that are focused on helping employees through their education
programs, assisting them with job placements, and overall offering education that
leads to career success.
“This partnership demonstrates what is possible when industry and higher education
join together to increase access to higher education, advance social and economic
mobility, and strengthen Rhode Island’s economy,” said Meghan Hughes, President of
CCRI. “We are deeply grateful to Amazon for supporting their employees’ academic and
career goals, and we are ready to welcome Amazon associates to our college.”
As the largest community college in New England and the only associate degree awarding
institution in Rhode Island, CCRI enrolls nearly 18,000 students in credit-bearing
degree and certificate programs annually. With a passionate commitment to student
success and closing equity gaps, CCRI provides Rhode Islanders with an outstanding
college education that leads to strong learning outcomes, successful degree attainment
and robust labor market outcomes.
With four campuses across Rhode Island, CCRI offers online, hybrid and in-person options
for students, meeting them where they are and helping them achieve their educational
and career goals. For more information, please visit ccri.edu/amazon.
“We’re looking forward to CCRI coming on board as an education partner for Career
Choice, adding to the hundreds of best-in-class offerings available to our employees,”
said Tammy Thieman, Global Program Lead of Amazon’s Career Choice program.
“We’re committed to empowering our employees by providing them access to the education
and training they need to grow their careers, whether that’s with us or elsewhere.
We have intentionally created a partner network of third-party educators and employers
committed to providing excellent education, job placement resources, and continuous
improvements to the experience. Today, over 80,000 Amazon employees around the world
have already participated in Career Choice and we’ve seen first-hand how it can transform
their lives.”
For more information on Amazon’s Career Choice, visit: aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/career-choice.
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