Walmart Tuition

Walmart Tuition

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Heat and Economics, Physician Burnout, Hangry Science

Episode: Heat and Economics, Physician Burnout, Hangry Science

  • Aug 11, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 15:06 mins

America’s largest private employer – Walmart – will offer free college tuition and books to all its workers starting next week. The offer applies to all 1.5 million part and full-time employees at Walmart and Sam’s Club, but it only goes toward a handful of universities with specific degree programs. Footing the bill for employees to get further education isn’t a new thing in the US. But University of Pennsylvania management professor Peter Cappelli says the latest wave of college tuition programs is different from previous generations. (Segment produced by Sydney Jezik) (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)