The End of the University as We Know It

Very well written piece by Nathan Harden.  

I loved the enthusiasm and agree that this is where we should be headed.  But because of all the subsidies for the existing system and parents and students that therefore don't really pay much attention to what kind of debt they are picking up I think that change will be far slower than in the music industry.

Prospects of free online college education looking up!

"Here is a sample of free courses offered.

Foundations of Computer graphics
Circuits and electronics
Artificial intelligence
Software as a service
Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation
Introduction to Solid State Chemistry"
Granted - nothing in gender studies or puppetry - but just maybe that will catch on as well.

An optimistic piece by Mish Shedlock

A college finally finds a way to reduce their tuition costs.

Good for Belmont Abbey College.  A college finally finds a way to reduce their tuition costs.  

Get started early as an entrepeneur

Why wait until after college to become an entrepreneur?  A good example of taking chances
while you are young.

Student Loan Debt Grows Delinquent

Of the $956 billion in student-loan debt outstanding as of September, 11 percent was delinquent — up from less than 9 percent in the second quarter, and higher than the 10.5 percent of credit-card debt, which was delinquent in the third quarter. By comparison, delinquency rates on mortgages, home-equity lines of credit and auto loans stood at 5.9 percent, 4.9 percent, and 4.3 percent respectively as of September. 

43 TROUBLING FACTS ABOUT THE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS

These numbers are very troubling not only for the youth of America but also for those baby boomers that are counting on the younger generations being able to afford the prior generations public debt and promised health care and public pensions.

Perhaps we might try some rethinking of what high school grads do with their time and energy right after high school?

Another argument for more online education

Excellent piece about why we are moving too slowly towards online education and stuck in the mud
with too much of the traditional teaching methods.