<p>Well think about it, if 135,000 Starbucks associates can now get a degree from ASU at no cost, when something becomes ‘free’, often it becomes a commodity, commoditization of a product reduces its value as does increased supply, both of these will occur as Starbucks employees now will have access to free degrees!.<br>
After which why would anyone ‘pay’ for a degree/product from ASU, in the same way, why would you elect to pay and value say a newspaper, when the news/articles are offered for free over the internet, same rationale, if I don’t have to pay for something, I don’t attach a value or price/cost to it. If you can get a degree working at Starbucks from ASU at no cost to me, why would anyone else choose to value/pay for the same thing, which others are getting for free or in this case as a benefit like health insurance? </p>
<p>This has a cost of devaluing something others have put a price on ie: a college degree from ASU. Take this scenario so 3 students graduate May 2018 from ASU, One paid in-state and lived at home, one paid out of state and lived in dorms/rental and the third worked at Starbucks on Mill Ave, the first paid $5K pa, the second $15K net and the third paid nothing/zero, they all have degrees from ASU, how does one differentiate, certainly the one who works at Starbucks got paid throughout and doesn’t even have to repay the tuition when he/she leaves Starbucks to compete with the guy from out of state for the job at Keller Williams realty, or to become a shift supervisor…at Starbucks?</p>