Amazon, Walmart Offer to Cover College Tuition

[kluurs]

Amazon will pay for tuition upfront - rather than just reimburse. Will also cover books. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-college-tuition-750000-hourly-workers/

[89th]

Yeah except the education will be at Prime University and all the books on Kindles.

[Mik]

This is a real benefit, and a good move on their parts. I applaud anything that helps people better themselves.

[Jolly]

I do too, but when everybody has a college degree, nobody has a college degree.

[Mik]

It will still open a lot of doors for the people who get them. I suspect a lot will go for two year tech schools as well.

[Copper]

You get what you pay for.

[89th]

@jolly said in Amazon, Walmart Offer to Cover College Tuition:

I do too, but when everybody has a college degree, nobody has a college degree.

Yup. They should shift the collegiate gen ed curriculum down to the high school level, if they want to be logical about the “free college for all” purpose. Like you said, if having a bachelors degree is essentially a “free” additional 4 years of school, and therefore expected the way a high school degree is today, then the line to stand out to employers simply shifts to the masters degree level.

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in Amazon, Walmart Offer to Cover College Tuition:

@jolly said in Amazon, Walmart Offer to Cover College Tuition:

I do too, but when everybody has a college degree, nobody has a college degree.

Yup. They should shift the collegiate gen ed curriculum down to the high school level, if they want to be logical about the “free college for all” purpose. Like you said, if having a bachelors degree is essentially a “free” additional 4 years of school, and therefore expected the way a high school degree is today, then the line to stand out to employers simply shifts to the masters degree level. being $150K in debt instead of $50K