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== Resources ==
* [https://www.saylor.org/ Saylor Academy] - FREE - Earn college credits online
* [https://www.linkedin.com/learning/?trk=lynda_redirect_learning Linked-In Learning] - Formerly Linda.com
* [https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org Accredited Schools Online]
* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/resources/collegeun-college/ Four books covering alternatives to college]
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm Free MIT Courses] - MIT publishes virtually ALL of its course materials online for free. You can take hundreds of college course completely free, in your own time.
* [http://www.pocketcollege.com/index.htm Pocket College] - 247 lectures by Dr R.J. Rushdoony on Systematic Theology: Authority, Church, Covenant, Creation and Providence, Eschatology, Family, Salvation, Sin, The Land, The State, and Work.
* [http://deschoolyourself.com/ Deschool Yourself] - Eight part audio production on healing the 15,000 hour infliction of public school
* [https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/catalog/list?category_ids=7879-google-digital-garage Google Digital Garage]
* [https://grow.google/intl/uk/courses-and-tools/ Google Training Tools]
* [https://www.open.ac.uk/ The Open University]
* [https://www.khanacademy.org Khan Academy]
* [https://www.udemy.com/ Udemy Online Courses]
* [https://www.classcentral.com/ Class Central]
* [https://www.edx.org/ EdX Online Learning]
* [https://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth]
* [http://www.discoverpraxis.com/ Praxis] - Spend a year working at an amazing company and get a rigorous education and professional development program.
* [https://www.1517fund.com/ 1517 Fund] - We back dropouts, renegade students & sci-fi scientists at the earliest stages of their companies.


== Articles ==
== Articles ==
* 2018-08-16: [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/15-companies-that-no-longer-require-employees-to-have-a-college-degree.html Google, Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree]
 
* 2018-04-30: [https://www.dailywire.com/news/30026/offended-woman-says-mike-rowes-hard-work-ethic-amanda-prestigiacomo Offended Woman Says Mike Rowe's 'Hard Work' Ethic Belittles Higher Education. Here's His Biting Response.]
=== 2020 ===
* 2018-04-25: [https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University]
* 2020-10-20 [https://fee.org/articles/new-report-shows-stunning-success-of-apprenticeship-program-as-college-alternative/ New Report Shows Stunning Success of Apprenticeship Program as College Alternative]
* 2018-03-14: [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/compagnons-tiny-staircases-models Marvel at Tiny, Perfect Staircases Made by a Secret Society of French Woodworkers]
* 2020-06-26 [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/26/trump-executive-order-stresses-skill-over-college-degree-hiring/3263074001/ Trump signs order prioritizing job skills over college degree in government hiring]
* 2018-02-02: [https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lets-quit-brainwashing-kids-that-its-a-college-degree-or-nothing/ Let’s quit brainwashing kids that it’s a college degree or nothing]
* 2020-05-17 [https://www.dailywire.com/news/rowe-covid-19-aftermath-will-expose-luxury-brand-higher-education-a-breathtakingly-overpriced-product Rowe: COVID-19 Aftermath Will Expose ‘Luxury Brand’ Higher Education, A ‘Breathtakingly Overpriced Product’]
* 2018-01-16: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/the-case-against-college The Case Against College]
 
* 2017-12-08: [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/whats-college-good-for/546590/ The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone]
=== 2019 ===
* 2017-11-14: [http://professorconfess.blogspot.com/2017/11/collegeuni-is-not-higher-ed.html College/Uni is NOT Higher Ed]
* 2019-09-22 [https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-army-smashes-recruitment-goals-preying-hopeless-millennials-student-debt US Army Smashes Recruitment Goals By Preying On Hopeless Millennials With Student Debt ]
* 2017-11-13: [https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201711/education-s-future-what-will-replace-k-12-and-college Education’s Future: What Will Replace K-12 and College?]
* 2019-06-25 [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-thirds-of-american-employees-regret-their-college-degrees/ Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees]
* 2017-09-05: [https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/freedom-from-mind-controlled-education/ Freedom from mind controlled education]
* 2019-03-13 [https://reason.com/blog/2019/03/13/college-bribery-scandal-defund-loughlin Time to Put the College Admissions System on a Rocket and Shoot It Into the Sun]
* 2017-08-29: [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/decades-pushing-bachelors-degrees-u-s-needs-tradespeople/ After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople]
* 2019-02-26 [https://fee.org/articles/how-government-guaranteed-student-loans-killed-the-american-dream-for-millions/ How Government-Guaranteed Student Loans Killed the American Dream for Millions]
* 2017-08-24: [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-24/slumping-college-enrollment-signals-americans-are-no-longer-buying-college-lie Slumping College Enrollment Signals Americans Are No Longer Buying The College Lie]
* 2019-01-28 [https://howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20-years Price Changes Over the Last 20 Years Prove the Economy is Rigged]
* 2017-05-30: [https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295095 Why Valedictorians Rarely Become Rich and Famous -- and the Average Millionaire's College GPA is 2.9]
* 2019-01-25 [https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/25/private-college-for-11000-a-year-liberta Private College for $11,000 a Year? Libertarian Businessman Creates an Alternative to Higher Ed Waste]
* 2016-02-27: [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/education/ernst-young-no-longer-requires-degrees-no-evidence-a-degree-success/ Ernst & Young no longer Requires Degrees – No Evidence a Degree = Success]
* 2019-01-14 [https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-14/thanks-their-student-loans-millennials-expect-die-debt Thanks To Their Student Loans, Millennials Expect To Die In Debt]
* 2016-00-00: [https://discoverpraxis.com/professionals-just-now-discovering-homeschoolers-known-decades/ Professionals are Just Now Discovering What Homeschoolers Have Known for Decades]
* 2019-01-06 [https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-06/what-gen-z-learned-millennials-skip-college What Gen Z Learned From Millennials: Skip College]
* 2016-06-15: [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436628/mike-rowe-dirty-jobs Mike Rowe: Stop ‘Cherry-Picking’ One Form of Education]
 
* 2015-09-01: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholaswyman/2015/09/01/why-we-desperately-need-to-bring-back-vocational-training-in-schools/ Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools]
=== 2018 ===
* 2015-06-03: [http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/ways-to-make-money-at-home/ 32 Legitimate Ways to Make Money at Home]
* 2018-10-31 [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/31/the-future-of-work-wont-be-about-degrees-it-will-be-about-skills.html The future of work won't be about college degrees, it will be about job skills]
* 2012-02-27: [http://www.bohemiantravelers.com/2012/02/8-reasons-we-wont-push-college-on-our.html 8 Reasons Why We Won’t Push College on Our Kids]
* 2018-10-29 [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43ejmj/generation-z-is-skipping-college-for-trade-school Generation Z Is Choosing Trade School over College]
* 2018-10-18 [https://fee.org/articles/5-lucrative-jobs-that-don-t-require-a-college-degree/ 5 Lucrative Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree]
* 2018-08-16 [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/15-companies-that-no-longer-require-employees-to-have-a-college-degree.html Google, Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree]
* 2018-04-30 [https://www.dailywire.com/news/30026/offended-woman-says-mike-rowes-hard-work-ethic-amanda-prestigiacomo Offended Woman Says Mike Rowe's 'Hard Work' Ethic Belittles Higher Education. Here's His Biting Response.]
* 2018-04-25 [https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University]
* 2018-03-14 [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/compagnons-tiny-staircases-models Marvel at Tiny, Perfect Staircases Made by a Secret Society of French Woodworkers]
* 2018-02-02 [https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lets-quit-brainwashing-kids-that-its-a-college-degree-or-nothing/ Let’s quit brainwashing kids that it’s a college degree or nothing]
* 2018-01-16 [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/the-case-against-college The Case Against College]
=== 2017 ===
* 2017-12-08 [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/whats-college-good-for/546590/ The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone]
* 2017-11-25 [https://fee.org/articles/this-is-what-will-replace-k-12-schools-and-colleges/ This is What Will Replace K-12 Schools and Colleges]
* 2017-11-14 [http://professorconfess.blogspot.com/2017/11/collegeuni-is-not-higher-ed.html College/Uni is NOT Higher Ed]
* 2017-11-13 [https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201711/education-s-future-what-will-replace-k-12-and-college Education’s Future: What Will Replace K-12 and College?]
* 2017-09-05: [https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/freedom-from-mind-controlled-education/ Freedom from mind-controlled education]
* 2017-08-29 [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/decades-pushing-bachelors-degrees-u-s-needs-tradespeople/ After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople]
* 2017-08-24 [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-24/slumping-college-enrollment-signals-americans-are-no-longer-buying-college-lie Slumping College Enrollment Signals Americans Are No Longer Buying The College Lie]
* 2017-06-14 [https://mises.org/wire/four-reasons-why-college-degrees-are-becoming-useless Four Reasons Why College Degrees Are Becoming Useless]
* 2017-05-30 [https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295095 Why Valedictorians Rarely Become Rich and Famous -- and the Average Millionaire's College GPA is 2.9]
=== 2016 ===
* 2016-02-27 [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/education/ernst-young-no-longer-requires-degrees-no-evidence-a-degree-success/ Ernst & Young no longer Requires Degrees – No Evidence a Degree = Success]
* 2016-00-00 [https://discoverpraxis.com/professionals-just-now-discovering-homeschoolers-known-decades/ Professionals are Just Now Discovering What Homeschoolers Have Known for Decades]
* 2016-06-15 [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436628/mike-rowe-dirty-jobs Mike Rowe: Stop ‘Cherry-Picking’ One Form of Education]
=== 2015 ===
* 2015-10-15 [https://www.thestreet.com/story/13326222/1/your-social-security-will-be-seized-if-you-owe-student-loans.html Your Social Security Will Be Seized If You Owe Student Loans]
* 2015-09-01 [https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholaswyman/2015/09/01/why-we-desperately-need-to-bring-back-vocational-training-in-schools/ Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools]
* 2015-06-03 [http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/ways-to-make-money-at-home/ 32 Legitimate Ways to Make Money at Home]
 
* 2014-07-24 [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michaelprice/10-reasons-why-college-sh_b_5614376.html 10 Reasons Why College Should be Abolished]
 
* 2012-02-27 [http://www.bohemiantravelers.com/2012/02/8-reasons-we-wont-push-college-on-our.html 8 Reasons Why We Won’t Push College on Our Kids]
* [http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/billionaire-warns-of-massive-crash-that-will-wipe-out-americas-colleges-youre-going-to-see-a-repeat-of-what-we-saw-in-the-housing-market_12272014 Billionaire Warns Of Massive Crash That Will Wipe Out America’s Colleges: “You’re Going To See A Repeat Of What We Saw In The Housing Market”]
* [http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/billionaire-warns-of-massive-crash-that-will-wipe-out-americas-colleges-youre-going-to-see-a-repeat-of-what-we-saw-in-the-housing-market_12272014 Billionaire Warns Of Massive Crash That Will Wipe Out America’s Colleges: “You’re Going To See A Repeat Of What We Saw In The Housing Market”]
* [http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/07/01/this-is-what-happened-to-my-life-when-i-left-college-for-good/ Leaving College For Good Was The Best Choice I Made. Here’s Why]
* [http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/07/01/this-is-what-happened-to-my-life-when-i-left-college-for-good/ Leaving College For Good Was The Best Choice I Made. Here’s Why]
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* Tom Woods interviews Derek Magill of Praxis: Can College Hold You Back? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ttyqrApQ1g Youtube]
* Tom Woods interviews Derek Magill of Praxis: Can College Hold You Back? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ttyqrApQ1g Youtube]
* Tom Woods interviews Zachary Slayback: The End of School: Reclaiming Education from the Classroom [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3a0woqJIwE Youtube]
* Tom Woods interviews Zachary Slayback: The End of School: Reclaiming Education from the Classroom [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3a0woqJIwE Youtube]
==Exosphere==
Traditional education gives you the tools to conform to reality. '''[https://exosphe.re/ Exosphere]''' gives you the tools to transform it.
==Lynda.com==
[https://www.lynda.com/ Lynda.com] - Online courses and certificates for the most in-demand cutting-edge software tools.


== Videos ==
== Videos ==


* [https://www.prageru.com/video/bill-maher-college-has-become-an-outright-scam Bill Maher: "College Has Become an Outright Scam" and more videos]
* [https://video.foxnews.com/v/6171687828001 Tucker Carlson: Isaac Morehouse on 'religious superstition' over college degrees vs. real skills needed to land a job]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhHH1AJtZ3Y College system rigged...by well-known Democrats]
* [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=344500163059565 Mike Rowe: How "Work Smart Not Hard" Brainwashing Led to Student Loan Crises]
* [https://www.facebook.com/attn/videos/1314255158609940/ The path to success is not necessarily the most expensive one (college)]
* [https://www.facebook.com/MichelleMalkinCRTV/videos/538952993184002/ Michelle Malkin: Consider this before sending your kids to college]
* [https://www.facebook.com/MichelleMalkinCRTV/videos/538952993184002/ Michelle Malkin: Consider this before sending your kids to college]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFSGNK4VSc Stossel: The College Scam]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFSGNK4VSc Stossel: The College Scam]
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== Podcasts ==
== Podcasts ==


* Tom Woods 2446: [https://tomwoods.com/ep-2446-fewer-phds-more-brilliant-dropouts-please/ Fewer PhDs, More Brilliant Dropouts, Please]
* [https://schoolsucksproject.com/breakaway-learning-a-new-solution-for-self-directed-teens/ Retired World Bank development economist and home-schooling mom, Colleen Mascenik, addresses the failure of both public education and college in the new world economy]
* School Sucks Podcast 546 [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-546-dropping-college-derek-magill-part-one/ Dropping Out of College, Why and How (Derek Magill, Part One)]
* School Sucks Podcast 546 [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-546-dropping-college-derek-magill-part-one/ Dropping Out of College, Why and How (Derek Magill, Part One)]
:* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-547-building-your-own-credential-and-career/ Part 2 - Building Your Own Career]
:* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-547-building-your-own-credential-and-career/ Part 2 - Building Your Own Career]
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:* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-503-successful-dropout-kylon-gienger-part-2-2/ Part 2]
:* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-503-successful-dropout-kylon-gienger-part-2-2/ Part 2]
* School Sucks Podcast 506: [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-506-emily-hirsh-financial-freedom-22-instead-college-degree/ Emily Hirsh: Financial Freedom at 22 Instead of College]
* School Sucks Podcast 506: [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-506-emily-hirsh-financial-freedom-22-instead-college-degree/ Emily Hirsh: Financial Freedom at 22 Instead of College]
== Resources ==
* [https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org Accredited Schools Online]
* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/resources/collegeun-college/ Four books covering alternatives to college]
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm Free MIT Courses] - MIT publishes virtually ALL of its course materials online for free. You can take hundreds of college course completely free, in your own time.
* [http://www.pocketcollege.com/index.htm Pocket College] - 247 lectures by Dr R.J. Rushdoony on Systematic Theology: Authority, Church, Covenant, Creation and Providence, Eschatology, Family, Salvation, Sin, The Land, The State, and Work.
* [http://deschoolyourself.com/ Deschool Yourself] - Eight part audio production on healing the 15,000 hour infliction of public school


== Images ==
== Images ==
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== Programmers/Bitcoin ==
== Programmers/Bitcoin ==
"Bitcoin as an industry is generating thousands of jobs and lots of start-ups that are doing very new and interesting things that have never been done before. And that means a lot to young people who are entering the workforce for the first time. That means that here are a set of skills that they can learn and gain from that will give them opportunities for employment...and that's really exciting. '''It's a bit like learning to develop an iOS application six or seven years ago or how to develop an HTML website 15 years ago. It's the kind of skills you can build and launch a career on.'''
"Bitcoin as an industry is generating thousands of jobs and lots of start-ups that are doing very new and interesting things that have never been done before. And that means a lot to young people who are entering the workforce for the first time. That means that here are a set of skills that they can learn and gain from that will give them opportunities for employment...and that's really exciting. '''It's a bit like learning to develop an iOS application six or seven years ago or how to develop an HTML website 15 years ago. It's the kind of skills you can build and launch a career on.'''"


— November 9, 2014: Andreas Anonopoulos describing the ''Master of Science in Digital Currency'' offered online to students worldwide by University of Nicosia in Cypress. [http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher Listen to entire interview].
— November 9, 2014: Andreas Anonopoulos describing the ''Master of Science in Digital Currency'' offered online to students worldwide by University of Nicosia in Cypress. [http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher Listen to entire interview].
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Praxis

Praxis - Spend a year working at an amazing company and get a rigorous education and professional development program.



Derek Magill is an entrepreneur, lecturer, and Marketing Director of Praxis. He calls on people to exit politics and create alternatives.



Three Issues with College | Defining Randomness



Tucker Carlson talks with Isaac Morehouse of Praxis

Podcasts about Praxis

  • Tom Woods interviews founder of Praxis Youtube
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  • Tom Woods interviews Zachary Slayback: The End of School: Reclaiming Education from the Classroom Youtube

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Programmers/Bitcoin

"Bitcoin as an industry is generating thousands of jobs and lots of start-ups that are doing very new and interesting things that have never been done before. And that means a lot to young people who are entering the workforce for the first time. That means that here are a set of skills that they can learn and gain from that will give them opportunities for employment...and that's really exciting. It's a bit like learning to develop an iOS application six or seven years ago or how to develop an HTML website 15 years ago. It's the kind of skills you can build and launch a career on."

— November 9, 2014: Andreas Anonopoulos describing the Master of Science in Digital Currency offered online to students worldwide by University of Nicosia in Cypress. Listen to entire interview.







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