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A lot of the college stuff offered by places like Walmart is a select few online degrees at places like Southern New Hampshire. Basically programs with a very low marginal cost.

The first result of a Google for this program tells you that the criteria for McDonalds is:

"""Courses must be taken at a degree or certificate granting college or university, accredited by the U.S. Department of Education."""

I don’t know about the collection part, but folks can take virtual classes these days (this was true even before the pandemic.)

Unless things have changed, how are the hours not flexible? I thought that was half the point of McDonald's.

No fast food jobs have flexible hours. You’re lucky if you have any say in your hours at all.

The hours are entirely arbitrary and unpredictable and often make it very difficult to coordinate time off with friends and family. It's like they're in their own lonely little world.