Work assume that a more educated workforce is a better workforce, period. But what if the business youre involved in isnt aerospace or manufacturing, what 23 its making coffee drinks, and muffins and sandwiches . If the person who has just prepared your half calf, skinny latte, has an associate or bachelors degree, who gets the caffeine jolt . The business, the worker, the country . Were about to find out with the business that changed the coffee drinking in america gets companies rethinking the way they invest in their workforce. The partnership between starbucks and Arizona State university is the first of its kind. Starbucks has 135,000 employees at 7,000 stores. 70 , the company says, are students, or would like to be. This is not about pr. This is about the future of our company, doing right for our people. And also sending a message to the country that we cant build a great company, and we cant build a great enduring country if were constantly leaving people behind. The program i
About education and the work assume that a more educated workforce is a better workforce, period. But what if the business youre involved in isnt aerospace or manufacturing, what 23 its making coffee drinks, and muffins and sandwiches . If the person who has just prepared your half calf, skinny latte, has an associate or bachelors degree, who gets the caffeine jolt . The business, the worker, the country . Were about to find out with the business that changed the coffee drinking in america gets companies rethinking the way they invest in their workforce. The partnership between starbucks and Arizona State university is the first of its kind. Starbucks has 135,000 employees at 7,000 stores. 70 , the company says, are students, or would like to be. This is not about pr. This is about the future of our company, doing right for our people. And also sending a message to the country that we cant build a great company, and we cant build a great enduring country if were constantly leaving peop
About education and the work assume that a more educated workforce is a better workforce, period. But what if the business youre involved in isnt aerospace or manufacturing, what 23 its making coffee drinks, and muffins and sandwiches . If the person who has just prepared your half calf, skinny latte, has an associate or bachelors degree, who gets the caffeine jolt . The business, the worker, the country . Were about to find out with the business that changed the coffee drinking in america gets companies rethinking the way they invest in their workforce. The partnership between starbucks and Arizona State university is the first of its kind. Starbucks has 135,000 employees at 7,000 stores. 70 , the company says, are students, or would like to be. This is not about pr. This is about the future of our company, doing right for our people. And also sending a message to the country that we cant build a great company, and we cant build a great enduring country if were constantly leaving peop
Worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our web site at press. Org can. On behalf of our members worldwide, id like to welcome our speakers and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speakers as well as working journalists who are club members. If you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the to general public are attempting, so its not necessarily of a lack of journalistic object it. [laughter] id also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag npclunch. After our guests speeches conclude, well have a questionandanswer period, and i will ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced, and from your right, skip cottonhauser, an independent journalist who coincidentally organized ralph naders luncheon at the press club in 2004. Rehem