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Yale on $0 a Day
By JLP | February 20, 2007
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal last week that I wanted to share with you but didn’t because it wasn’t free. However, now it’s free.
The article is about how various universities are offering courses and course material for free over the internet. Personally, I wasn’t too impressed with the offerings I found in the listings. There’s no personal finance classes and only one school (that I found) offered courses in economics (through MIT). Most of the other courses were for stuff I have no interest in whatsoever. You, on the other hand, may feel differently and that’s why you should read the article.
Topics: Personal Growth | 3 Comments »
February 20th, 2007 at 5:24 am
It is nice that these universities are offering their course materials for free, but you have to pay big bucks to get a genuine degree.
February 20th, 2007 at 8:31 am
I ran across another site that wasn’t referenced in the article. There are a lot of universities participating in this endeavor.
I do agree that there are very few courses that I am interested in. And while they may not qualify for degree, expanding your understanding through these courses may be more beneficial than first realized as it takes place without any financial obligation. You can try some materials and see if you truly are interested in a particular field.
Here is the site I found: http://www.eliteskills.com/free_education/
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:11 am
I couple of kids they interviewed on the NPR bit about this were actually mad about this, because they felt that the online users were benefiting from the paying students’ “classroom contributions, like questions and stuff”.
Those kids should be expelled.