Reply #12: They used to call this "buying a job" [View All]

[jmowreader]

I went over there and found it costs $250 per credit hour to go to American Public University. Knock fifteen percent off that and it's still $212.50 per hour to take their classes--highly unaffordable for the vast majority of Walmart associates.

I think Walmart's ulterior motive is as follows: Since APU offers degrees in Retail Management and Logistics, after a couple years of offering this program anyone who wants to get promoted past Sales Associate (which is a nice way of saying Shelf Stocker--there are very few departments in a Walmart where any actual selling, as opposed to just sticking the shit on the shelf and letting people pick up whatever they want, goes on) will need to have taken classes at APU. If you want to be a Department Manager you'll need 30 credits, a Zone Manager or Assistant Manager will need an Associate's in Retail Management, a Store Manager or Co-Manager will need a Bachelor's in Retail Management and anyone above store level will need a Master's in it.