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

[Scott Castaline]

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On 10/19/2012 12:22 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> 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.
> 
Recently fired State of Georgia Admin.employees.

>> 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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>>
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