Distance learning up close

Can students afford to gamble on paying to spend three years at university in our current economic climate? We look at the option of graduating without ever being in the same room as your tutor.

Now that crazy levels of personal debt are starting to scare the nation, the economic facts of life tell us that some people will be thinking twice about signing up for university or college. After all, it means you’ll have to fund at least three years of tuition fees, rent, bus fares, gas bills, happy hours and dubious takeaway food. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Feb 3, 2009 - 10:49 AM PST
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Dale Penn
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by Dale Penn - Feb. 3, 2009

Th story is silent as to the quality of the education received and the marketability of the degree. The final point made is a good one as we hear talk of free college education from the Obama Administration - what is the shelf life of a degree these days?

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Derek Hawkins
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