In Defense of Distance Education – A Joint Letter to the Department of Education & Call to Action (from WCET)

On June 4, several leading higher education organizations jointly submitted a letter to the Department of Education outlining concerns and support for recent regulatory proposals.

Our main concerns focus on proposals to:
* require attendance-taking for all distance education courses, and,
* disallow asynchronous courses in clock-hour programs.
https://wcet.wiche.edu/frontiers/2024/06/04/in-defense-of-distance-education-a-joint-letter-to-the-department-of-education-call-to-action/

Minnesota Passes Law to Ban Tuition Sharing Between Public Higher Ed Institutions and OPMs

On May 24, Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz (D) signed into law HF 4024, making Minnesota the first state in the nation to codify a ban on tuition sharing between its public state colleges and universities and Online Program Management Companies (OPMs) when a contract involves recruitment and marketing services.
https://whiteboardadvisors.com/minnesota-ban-tuition-sharing-opms/

Just got an email: "Barry, condolences on 17 years with LinkedIn!"

At least that's the way I read it.

I guess I need to get to work at Barry's Help Desk.

Put my laptop in sleep mode this morning and put it in my backpack to take with. It never slept. 2 hours later it was too hot to hold and had powered down.

My phone was fully charged at 7 AM, but at 28% at 11 Am and very hot.

All my technologies are on fire 🔥

If you could wiggle your nose and bring back one of these ten Google Graveyard products, which would you choose?

1. 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆+

2. 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒛𝒛

3. 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓

4. 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒗𝒆

5. 𝒊𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆

6. 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒃𝒐

7. 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒂

8. 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒏𝒊𝒌

9. 𝑺𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆

10. 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒂

You took out a $12,000 used car loan over 10 years ago. Never missed a payment, but still the loan isn't paid.

Obviously, that's a fantasy. The world doesn't work like that...EXCEPT for student loans.
Biden wipes out more student debt, and the country yawns their approval or screams their disapproval. What a country.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-1-2-billion-save-plan-what-to-know/

In 2 weeks we're going to be the "proud" owners of a home in Florida. Today I found out that home insurance is going to cost over $8K per year, or about $700 a month.

Some companies won't insure homes over 40 years old. Those that do will make you pay through the nose.

Want an example of Greedflation?

Consider Aldi. One product I'm very familiar with are these hash browns. Simple, but good.

👌🏼In Jan 2019, the retail price of a pound of potatoes was $.71.
In Jan '24, the retail price of a pound of potatoes was $.96.
👌🏼That's an increase of 25% over 4 years. This is basically the only ingredient.
💰The price of a bag of Aldi hash browns in 2019? $1.89.
The price in 2024? $4.29.
🖕🏽That's an increase of 127%.
That's Greedflation.