Wal-Mart offering online programs to its employees

Posted on | June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Wal-Mart recently announced that it would be offering many of its employees an opportunity to work on a college degree through an agreement with American Public Education, Inc (APE). APE offers online degree programs through the two components of its American Public University System (APUS), American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU).

Wal-Mart executives said it decided to work with an online university instead of a brick-and-mortar school after surveying more than 32,000 of its employees and learning that most of them wanted the scheduling flexibility afforded by online classes.

This result, of course, is not very surprising. Indeed, flexible scheduling is one of the main requirements most working adults have when they consider returning to higher education.

The author of the blog thinks that “the Wal-Mart program, because of its potentially very large number of students and the visibility of the employer, looks suspiciously like a significant step forward in the evolution of for-profit higher education as a disruptive innovation”.

Read the whole article at the blog Changing Higher Education

We at MKFC Stockholm College have worked with eLearning integrated with working life for ten years and know the impact this has on organizations and individuals. We wish Wal-Mart good luck!

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