[ale] (OT) Minnesota bans Coursera: State takes bold stand against free education.

[Jay Lozier]

On 10/19/2012 11:03 AM, Wolf Halton wrote:
>
> Wouldn't want to force local edu to compete with Stanford, would we?
>
> Wolf Halton
> http://sourcefreedom.com
> Apache developer:
> wolfhalton at apache.org <mailto:wolfhalton at apache.org>
>
Why not? Actually Cousera does not offer any degrees which I believe is 
the point of Minnesota's law; if you offer a degree you must meet 
certain criteria to operate in Minnesota. AFAIK, all states have similar 
laws to prevent/shut down diploma mills. The problem appears to be 
either a badly written law or more likely a moronic bureaucrat 
misapplying the law.

I am tempted to write a snide letter to the mis-Governor of Minnesota 
and ask what kind of mindless idiots they hire.

> On Oct 19, 2012 10:22 AM, "Michael Trausch" <mike at trausch.us 
> <mailto:mike at trausch.us>> wrote:
>
>     I am currently taking a class on this site as is Erica. Mine is a
>     logic course from Stanford; hers is programming and I think also
>     from Stanford.
>
>     What is the problem with our world? Now we can make free services
>     illegal too? What the hell happened to criminal activities having
>     to cause harm to person or property?
>
>     http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/18/minnesota_bans_coursera_state_takes_bold_stand_against_free_education.html
>
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