Walmart to Help Associates Get College Degrees

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In the companies that my husband has had this benefit (2) he used it both times (BS at company 1 and MBA at company 2) and HR was very open at his first company to say that no employee had ever used it for a degree.  At his current company, people are doing it slowly, but that's because they've upped the requirement to master's degree.  But in the 3 years he worked on his MBA, only 2 other employees at his campus started their master's - that's out of a couple hundred eligible.  One more anecdote, I post various employee reimbursement or employee tuition funding programs on my blog / FB page from time to time, and it never even creates a mild buzz.  People just don't seem to get excited about it - something that seriously blows my mind.

I'm sort of surprised that very few do it when it's optional. But most people are so busy and can't see fitting it in, I guess. It seems like people who have a larger, more stable income are the ones who would go for it. Otherwise, the younger ones who don't have as many responsibilities.

I feel that a lot of people avoid school because of math and/or writing. Bad experiences in high school / grade school. They think college will be the same, only even harder to pass.