Dolly Parton's Dollywood to pay employees' full college tuition

10 February 2022, 16:45 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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Dollywood, the Tennessee amusement park co-owned by Dolly Parton, will cover full college tuition costs for all employees.

It's been revealed that Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park and resort will cover tuition costs, fees and books for employees who pursue higher education. The offer is available to all employees (part-time, full-time, and seasonal) from the first day of their job.

The reasons for joining our team keep growing!https://t.co/z1r3oftlme https://t.co/zWHVAtSIQQ
— Dollywood Parks & Resorts (@Dollywood) February 9, 2022

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2022 nominee, Moderna vaccine funder and Run, Rose, Run co-author has been praised online for the new initiative.

Dolly Parton giving all her employees college tuition. What an amazing soul.
— Anne #NYSTRONG (@lglnrse) February 9, 2022

Dolly Parton: Lord sakes we need a vaccine against this deadly Covid disease

Dolly Parton: Hmm those fancy government folks can’t seem to find a way to make college free for folks who want to learn

Dolly Parton: What now, what now https://t.co/6Wk6Eg9B2m
— Jeff Yang (@originalspin) February 9, 2022

Jeff Bezos: I’m going to spend my billions on penis rockets and yachts so big I have to dismantle bridges to extricate them from dry dock.

Dolly Parton: I’m going to spend my money putting every Dollywood employee through college.

Be a Dolly and not a rocket-building asshole.
— Load the GOP in the Sun Cannon (@spikeatone) February 10, 2022

Earlier this month it was revealed that Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson have recorded a new, "melancholic" version of "9 to 5" for the upcoming documentary Still Working 9 to 5.