Tuition assistance encourages employees to further education

Northern Colorado employers appear to be a generous lot when it comes to helping workers further their academic educations, if a handful of high-profile bosses are any indication.

At Hewlett-Packard Co., for example, any of its 2,400 employees who takes classes on his or her own time is reimbursed 100 percent of the cost of tuition, books, lab fees and other related expenses.

And the worker doesn’t necessarily have to ace the course to merit such a generous payback. A “C” of better will do, or merely successful completion of a pass/fail class.

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