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Walmart to pay for tuition and books for its employee debt-free college perk

Walmart to pay for tuition and books for its employee debt-free college perk

Photo by: BBB/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 2/24/21 A Walmart is seen in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Walmart (WMT), the nation’s largest private employer, says it will start paying 100% of the tuition for its debt-free college perk as part of a $1 billion commitment to career training and development over the next five years. In the summer of 2018, the big-box retailer began offering its 1.5 million U.S. associates debt-free college, as part of its $1-a-day college tuition perk, called Live Better U. Beginning… Source link

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As first lady, Jill Biden plans to push for debt-free community college

As first lady, Jill Biden plans to push for debt-free community college

WASHINGTON — Dr. Jill Biden has devoted her life to the field of education, and that won’t change when she becomes first lady next month. According to a source close to her, Biden will advocate for debt-free community college. Dr. Martha Kanter, who served as under secretary of education in the Obama administration and who has known Biden for more than a decade, said she has worked hard to make debt-free community college a reality. “That is what she would like to see. We have often… Source link

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