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[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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[http://www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2013/05/07/the-jobs-of-the-future-dont-require-a-college-degree/ Forbes: Jobs of the Future Don't Require a College Degree]
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[http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/06/05/udacity-sebastian-thrun-disrupting-higher-education/ Forbes article] on [http://www.udacity.com/ Udacity] which intends to create a master's degree for $100.


[http://www.prudentbear.com/index.php/thebearslairview?art_id=10736 The Coming Twilight Of The Four-Year College]
== 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.


[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html Need a Job? Invent It]
== Articles ==


[http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/08/23/kids-go-to-college-or-youll-die-alone-in-misery/ Kids, go to college or you’ll die alone in misery]
=== 2020 ===
* 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]
* 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]
* 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’]


[If money was no object]
=== 2019 ===
* 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 ]
* 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]
* 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]
* 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]
* 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]
* 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]
* 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]
* 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]


=== 2018 ===
* 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]
* 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]


== Pocket College ==
* 2014-07-24 [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michaelprice/10-reasons-why-college-sh_b_5614376.html 10 Reasons Why College Should be Abolished]


[http://www.pocketcollege.com/index.htm 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.
* 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.pocketcollege.com/index.htm
* [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.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2013/05/07/the-jobs-of-the-future-dont-require-a-college-degree/ Forbes: Jobs of the Future Don't Require a College Degree]
* [http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/06/05/udacity-sebastian-thrun-disrupting-higher-education/ Forbes article] on [http://www.udacity.com/ Udacity] which intends to create a master's degree for $100.
* [http://www.prudentbear.com/index.php/thebearslairview?art_id=10736 The Coming Twilight Of The Four-Year College]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html Need a Job? Invent It]
* [http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/08/23/kids-go-to-college-or-youll-die-alone-in-misery/ Kids, go to college or you’ll die alone in misery]
* [[If money was no object]] what would you do?
* [http://education.penelopetrunk.com/2012/04/27/top-universities-want-you-to-homeschool/ Top universities want you to homeschool]


== Free MIT Courses ==
== Praxis ==
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://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Home page]
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm List of courses]


== Exosphere ==
[http://www.discoverpraxis.com/ Praxis] - Spend a year working at an amazing company and get a rigorous education and professional development program.
Forget about college...that ship is going down!
[http://exosphe.re/ Exosphere and Exobase] are programs to inspire entrepreneuralism through technical skill acquisition, real business practice, and deep philosophical and intellectual reflection. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgM9pVsSo9c Watch 35-minute interview].


== 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. [http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher Listen to entire interview].
Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nOfHpOFhN8 A Million Killer Apps - Bitcoin's Big Bang of Disruption - Part 1 of 2]


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




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Three Issues with College | Defining Randomness




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Tucker Carlson talks with Isaac Morehouse of Praxis


===Podcasts about Praxis===
* Tom Woods interviews founder of Praxis [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUsVG5oDai0 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]


== 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.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFSGNK4VSc Stossel: The College Scam]
* [https://www.facebook.com/NoSafeSpacesMovie/videos/388320064979300/ NO SAFE SPACES movie trailer]
* [https://www.facebook.com/FoxNewsVoices/videos/1036227019859186/ Tucker Carlson: Is College Worth it?]
* [https://www.patreon.com/posts/sending-kids-to-17426750 Sending Kids To College Could RUIN Them!]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQbKctnnA-Y Elon Musk 'I Don't Give A Damn About Your Degree']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hZylJp-pHo The Case Against Education: Government Spending $1 Trillion a Year on Schooling Is a Waste of Money]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dChzRSTBKes Why College Sucks - Start a Business or Get a Job]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qGBICsVeXQ College is Dead: How the next generation will educate themselves]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KNncIXdt6w Millionaires giving STUNNING advice on COLLEGE education]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRjhmp6_SL4 Why is Teaching a Crime? California Denies Blue-Collar Workers Entry to Trade Schools]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVKEsiNMPNc Adam Ruins Everything: How College Loans Got So Evil]
* [https://www.facebook.com/NicoleArbourfans/videos/10156588526217907/ Why Going Back To School, is ironically for idiots??!? (WARNING: CRUDE but very effective)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGqxZ-Lql7A TEDx - College Starts Within]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AuR1y1gi80 ReasonTV - The Future of Higher Education & How Kids Are Getting Wise to Student Load Debt]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ8vBNQbem0 PBS - How Free Online Courses Are Changing Traditional Education]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qqqVwM6bMM TED: Bunker Roy, founder of [http://www.barefootcollege.org/ Barefoot College]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B553na_skKI ReasonTV - Camille Paglia: 'Universities Are an Absolute Wreck Right Now']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgM9pVsSo9c Forget about college...that ship is going down! [http://exosphe.re/ Exosphere and Exobase] are programs to inspire entrepreneuralism through technical skill acquisition, real business practice, and deep philosophical and intellectual reflection.]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZQe73IXZtU TEDx - Designing a university for the new millennium]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUnpSYMNEhY TEDx - Forget University? 4 steps to design your own education]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tswTPVYQg8o TEDx - Word-class Self-education]


== 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)]
:* [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-547-building-your-own-credential-and-career/ Part 2 - Building Your Own Career]
* Tom Woods 1094: [https://tomwoods.com/ep-1094-the-case-against-education/ The Case Against Education]
* Tom Woods 1050: [https://tomwoods.com/ep-1050-how-state-and-society-invented-adolescence-and-screwed-up-young-people/ How State and Society Invented Adolescence and Screwed Up Young People]
* School Sucks Podcast 499: [http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-499-successful-dropout-kylon-gienger-part-1-2/ Successful Dropout: With Kylon Gienger - Part 1]
:* [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]


== Images ==


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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. [http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher Listen to entire interview].


* Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nOfHpOFhN8 A Million Killer Apps: Part 1 - Bitcoin's Big Bang of Disruption - ]


* Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uci0Df7zO8c A Million Killer Apps: Part 2 - Blockchains & A Global Shared History]








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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
  • Tom Woods interviews Derek Magill of Praxis: Can College Hold You Back? Youtube
  • Tom Woods interviews Zachary Slayback: The End of School: Reclaiming Education from the Classroom Youtube

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  • Alternative Viewpoints on College

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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