How free college became a perk for American workers

Photo caption: Most American adults don’t have a college degree; corporations are stepping in to make college more affordable — provided you work for them. Photo credit: Getty Images. Article by Terry Nguyen. Vox – August 18, 2021.

As employees quit their jobs at record rates, companies like Target and Walmart are offering better benefits to retain them.

In an ideal world, every college student in America could graduate without debt. The reality, as we know, is much different: Collectively, Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in student loans in 2021, an amount so large that it’s regarded almost as an abstraction. That’s part of the reason why Logan, a graduate of Arizona State, was dead set against taking on any debt for his bachelor’s degree. […]

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