Recent improvements to the AFSCME Free College Benefit have put a college degree even closer within reach for our members, retirees and even family members!

Our international affiliate union, AFSCME, recently expanded the benefit’s “family” definition to include: parents (NEW!), siblings (NEW!), children (or step-children), grandchildren (or step-grandchildren), spouses, domestic partners and financial dependents.

The program has also added several new 2-year online degree programs, to include:

  • Business Management Degree
    • Optional concentrations:
      • Health Care Mangement
      • Human Resources
      • Marketing
      • FInance
      • Labor Studies (NEW!)
      • Entrepreneurship (NEW!)
    • A business management certificate is also available.
  • Criminal Justice Degree
  • Associate of Arts Degree
  • Early Childhood Education Degree
  • Accounting Degree
  • Paralegal Degree & Certificate
  • Individualized Study Degree
  • Patient Navigator Certificate

The Free College Benefit is available through AFSCME’s partnership with Eastern Gateway Community College in Ohio, is offered completely online, and provides a two-year Associate’s Degree program, with no out-of-pocket cost to eligible union members or their family members, including covering tuition, fees and e-books.

Learn more or sign up at freecollege.afscme.org 

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Mark Kotzin has been passionately advocating on behalf of workers for more than 30 years, and is proud to serve as CSEA's statewide Director of Communications and Publisher of the CSEA Work Force.

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