Some Chick-Film-A employees are graduating from the university without debt due to a unique program.
Thanks to an association between three Chick-Fil-A operators, the University of Point and Ficus Education-177, Chick-Fil-A employees were able to graduate this year while working in locations throughout the country, Websr of the restaurant industry reported.
Around 70 of Chick-Fil-A employees participated in a recent graduation ceremony at the University of Point, a private Christian institution in Georgia.
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They attended more than a box of Chick-Fil-A operators.
“All this began in 2023 with the vision of an operator and a university: give the team the opportunity to obtain a university degree without student debt,” said Doug Danowski, president of Ficus Education in Georgia, Fox News Digital.
The independent Chick-Fil-A operators and the graduates of their team pose for a photograph at the University of Point in Georgia. Chick-Fil-A employees graduated without debts thanks to an association between the operators, the University of Point and Ficus Education. (Education ficus)
“That unique decision caused a movement.”
The association sponsored by the Ficus Education employer allows the employees of Chick-Fil-A restaurants to operate independently complete online titles through Point University without having to pay the registration of their pocket or remove student loans.
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“What began as an operator’s desire to invest in his team has become a national movement: hundreds of titles won, approximately $ 11 million in student debt avoided and real commercial impact,” said Danowski.
Chick-Fil-A franchise operators have been associated with Ficus Education to help their employees graduate from the university without student debt. (Istock)
Selected Chick-Fil-A franchise operators pay the registration of their employees as an incentive to recruit and retain workers.
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“It is an association built around a question: how can we help operators recruit, develop and retain their people and strengthen their restaurants?” Said Danowski.
A Chick-Fil-A operator embraces one of the members of his team after this year’s graduation ceremony. (Education ficus)
More than 500 independent Chick-Fil-A operators have participated in the program since its inception, said Danowski.
Ficus Education organized a hospitality suite for independent operators, their graduates and special guests immediately before the starting ceremony.
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“Through the point [University] already through the association with ficus [Education]We, the leader of the Chick-Fil-A Development Program, told attendees in the comments shared with Fox News Digital.
André Kennebrew, president of the Board of the University of Point, talks to three members of the Chick-Fil-A team who received their titles from the private Christian institution in Georgia. (Education ficus)
The federal educational debt now exceeds $ 1.6 billion, agreed to the United States Department of Education.
As the Federal Student Aid Office recently announced that it has resumed the collections of unfulfilled student loans, the 177 Chick-Fil-A graduates are collectively graduated from the debt of more than $ 6 million, Chorning to QSR.
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The program makes it possible for employees to progress in their careers in Chick-Fil-A, some with dreams of opening their own franchise “or going to another place and being a doctor or lawyer or whatever,” Kennebrew said.
“It is worth continuing,” Kennebrew said about the program.
“It is worth growing.”
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