Walmart to Help Associates Get College Degrees

[alexf.1990]

I understand what you're saying, but I guess I place the responsibility on the consumer to solve this problem for himself.  I'm just a crazy conservative republican like that.  I know that when I advise my own kids, or when my husband and I consider education for ourselves, programs like this would speak to us.  In 2012  we sold our house and moved our family halfway across the country so he could take a job that gave our entire family free tuition.  Through that program he just earned an MBA.  My oldest son is working for a company that pays his tuition, my second son used SL and will work and pay cash for the rest.  My third and fourth sons are maxing out dual enrollment $$$ and I could go on.  I realize that my kids aren't representative of what "most" would do, or that "most" might not be willing to relocate to pursue an education for zero tuition, but maybe that's the problem. It's too easy to just borrow instead of being resourceful.  I do believe that an average student 100% for sure could graduate high school and grab a job at Walmart to earn their degree in business (and from UF no less!?!?)

The consumer is certainly partly to blame. People should certainly do their research when it comes to such a large purchase. On the other hand, our entire high school system is designed to push students into colleges, and our government readily underwrites loans at rates well below the market rate. I'd have alot less sympathy for college students if the market weren't corrupted by government subsidies and there wasn't immense social pressure to attend colleges.