Starbucks Global Academy

Launched in 2017, Starbucks Global Academy is a globally accessible platform created in partnership with Arizona State University for Starbucks partners (employees), customers, community members, and learners around the world that delivers world-class learning content and eliminates barriers to high quality education. Using SGA, learners can advance their personal and professional goals by choosing from a library of over 80 curated courses including Greener Apron, Starbucks Coffee Academy, and To Be Welcoming.

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Our partnership with Arizona State University has helped Starbucks invest in our partners (employees), customers and communities in new, innovative ways over the years. Building off of the great success of the Starbucks College Achievement Plan in providing our partners access to a high quality education with 100% tuition coverage, we now provide additional access to resources through our To Be Welcoming curriculum and Starbucks Global Academy for anyone that is interested in furthering their personal and professional development. Together, Starbucks and ASU remain committed to creating meaningful opportunities for all.”

GINA WOODS EVP, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL IMPACT

Four learning tracks offering over 80 courses

English Language Learning

Personal Growth and Development

Pathways to Advanced Education

Global Social Impact

SPECiAL LEARNING COLLECTIONS

Building on the Starbucks Global Academy partnership, Starbucks and Arizona State University partnered to develop Greener Apron. The Greener Apron course covers a range of sustainability topics on an interactive and innovative learning platform from the top-ranked Arizona State University. This course provides Starbucks partners (employees) free access to course materials designed to advance personal and professional goals and give learners the tools they need to lead by example.

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Public spaces and third places are more welcoming to all when we celebrate our shared humanity. By understanding each other, we deepen connections. To encourage more meaningful conversations on this topic, leaders at Starbucks reached out to the experts at Arizona State University to create this 15-course curriculum, designed to address bias through understanding the human experience.

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The Community Impact Lab course offers hands-on, service-learning opportunities for learners to work directly on real-world challenges. Using a human-centered, problem-solving method called "Design Thinking", learners engage closely with a non-profit organization, business, government office or community organization to develop a solution to a critical issue within their organizations. Learners strengthen personal and professionalism skills for their own leadership development.

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There is always more to learn about the vast and wonderful world of coffee. The Starbucks Coffee Academy is designed to explore the many facets of the coffee industry and Starbucks role as a leader in ethical sourcing, roasting, blending, brewing and craft. We have built this collection of courses for learners to discover more about topics that interest them most. At Starbucks, we are enamored by coffee daily and hope others will be too.

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Taking courses in SGA platform is a great and inspiring experience because I was able to learn and develop myself on my own schedule.”

75,000+

registered learners

There are so many interesting courses on Starbucks Global Academy. I find myself excited to learn more and spend my free time taking new classes!”