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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Someone's mad over not getting in ;)
- benijuana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6this is pretty useful too, was front page a few months ago
http://www.eliteskills.com/free_education/?foo=x - sum1randum, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6As recent grad of a top 20 world wide MBA program I can tell you that the true value of your degree is not in your education but in the network you have just paid to join. It was intense and I learned a ton, but I could have saved my self $100k+ on tuition, $200k+ opportunity cost and $60k+ expenses if I had just surfed the web and bought some textbooks. With that being said the total cost was more than worth access to the network.
- Khamel83, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5if my tuition was going to giving people free diplomas/degrees then i'd be really pissed.
everyone knows its not about what you learn, its about where you learn it. its sad but true. - Lschutte, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Are you the only one who:
A) doesn't realize that a podcast isn't the same as a real-time experience at these schools?,
B) is unable to see that the more "good" information is shared the more likely your Ivy League educated ass can benefit in the long run?
C) the 1/100,000 of your tuition dollars it takes to pay for the development of a weekly podcast is worth the prestige the project might bring to the school? I mean, heck, it might even make your degree worth more! - Stradenko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4iTunes can handle distributing the amount of data. Random web/ftp site maybe not. Besides, it's probably cheap[er] to put free stuff on iTunes, since you'll be driving traffic to non-free stuff/ads/content.
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Who cares? They still give good resources.
- ChemEng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Quote NinjaBoy: "Am I the only one who thinks knowledge should be free?"
Yep. Most believe that information should be free. Knowledge costs alot more to obtain... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://podcast.swtc.edu/ may i recommend any of them by aholverson
- Morphinity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Been listening to them for a little while, and I must say, as informative as they are, they are very boring to listen to. You really have to be into it and kind of dedicated to it to comprehend everything.
- echoforever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Where you learn is important because these institutes are network hubs. You get to interact with bigwigs; opportunities come to you.
- terp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The audio/video podcasts by the Smith School have been posted weekly since early last year. Wonder why they were not profiled in the original story? Much more comprehensive and informative than some of the other school's stuff. http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/rss/podcast/
- NinjaBoy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Am I the only one who thinks knowledge should be free?
- drivelikejehu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1heres the link to the podcasts at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland College Park.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=142324216
many are videos, not just audio. - OutcastJiob, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Yeah, you are. Have a look at starting salaries for business majors and then come back and we'll talk.
- mikecx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://www.jobweb.com/Resources/Library/Salary_and_Benefits/Starting_Salary_51_01.htm
Alright, talk we shall. The average to a business graduate is $30-40K a year. Not luxury by any means. Teachers, who get 3 full months vacation make the same rate.
Computer Science, the field i'm in is $45-55K a year. Unless i'm missing something, it seems to me that if you aren't getting your masters in business you are just one of the huge crowd of recent business grads.
Your turn for numbers. - DrewOdette, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0just to make a point, I'm pulling 55+ (first year 60+ with bonuses) from an average undergrad finance program. and no, I won't be working 90 hours a week in NYC with Bear Stearns.
and you can make as much money as you want with minimal risk - the key is how much time you put in. a lot of people bitch that it's hard to make money or do big things. there are lots of good ideas or at least people with great ideas you can meet. the latter just means you have to a) be patient and b) to befriend people and give them incentive to do what you want. it just takes work - emp101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0iPhone makes sense.
- yesno, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Not so exciting, if it was video podcasts that would be cool!
- joetek, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3This was front page only 8 days ago!
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Podcasts_that_actually_make_you_smarter - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1no your an idiot for attending one of those schools, when you can get the same education at your state institution. You can't own information. Apparently your not getting your money's worth wherever you are.
- mikecx, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0School of Business, bleh. Videos from MIT http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/ are much better and cover things from all over the educational spectrum.
Or am I the only one who thinks that the value of a School of Business degree isn't worth much anymore? - damonlab, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1If they are free, why put them on iTunes? Would it not make more sense to just post the files in mp3 format on a website or ftp site?
- jacobu9, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Am I the only one who's sick of their tuition money paying for other students to have free access to the same material?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2they were and still are great schools but have significantly declined in status; not at the top.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -26/+0Kevin Rose ROCKS!!!
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