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

[Cameron Kilgore]

Ice burn!

Coursera is more useful than most of my college textbooks. Then again, I've
always used it post-secondary. I remain skeptical of its use in higher ed,
but Minnesota's ban isn't a good start.

--Cameron
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On Oct 19, 2012 12:36 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Georgia can't spell "Coursera" yet so they are trying to figure out how to
> cash in on Alabama and Tennessee water access.
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>> States are greedy.
>>
>> Apparently their issue is that Coursera isn't "registered" and isn't
>> paying the state fees associated with said registration.  It almost sounds
>> like something Georgia would do!
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> On Fri, October 19, 2012 12:18 pm, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > the world is screwy.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Michael Trausch <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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> tail. It won't fatten the dog.
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