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Cannot blame American Public University for taking part in this partnership. It is the goal of any supplier to do business with Wal-Mart, given the size and scope of the company. If you ran a service business and could gain access to all of Wal-Mart's employees - and financial support for buying your company's services from the company itself - you would take the deal in a heartbeat.
While some may debate the merits of online education, no traditional university or consortia of colleges could offer similar benefits and access. What is interesting though is Wal-Mart aligning itself exclusively with APU, as it does have the potential of being viewed as a corporate university (can anyone say "Hamburger University"?). Would have like to have seen 2-3 other accredited university options for employees to choose from (Kaplan and Phoenix maybe??), but I guess with Wal-Mart, it's all about volume and price.
Still, in the end, it is a great employee benefit (I know, I know, Wal-Mart could do a heck of a lot more on that end, but this is a start!).
David http://wyl
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