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Monday, October 27, 2014

For $10,000, I Can Give Your Child A College Education That's More Rigorous And Takes Far Less Time Than The Overpriced Drivel Taught Nowadays

College prepares students for the U.S., circa 1985.  I can do much better than that.  Well, some friends of mine will help.  I'm willing to back this offer up, too.  Is a college?

The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education from Itself

And related to the topic:

The University of Michigan is now on course to become one of the first public higher education institutions to offer a degree that can be achieved not through credit hours but on demonstrated proficiency in the subjects studied. According to Inside Higher Ed, Michigan’s regional accreditor has just approved a competency-based Master’s of Health Professions Education. The program is designed to give health professionals training in “carry[ing] out the full range of responsibilities of a scholarly educator-leader.”

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