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State of Minnesota bans free online education

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skiminnesota
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"Notice for Minnesota Users:

Coursera has been informed by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education that under Minnesota Statutes (136A.61 to 136A.71), a university cannot offer online courses to Minnesota residents unless the university has received authorization from the State of Minnesota to do so. If you are a resident of Minnesota, you agree that either (1) you will not take courses on Coursera, or (2) for each class that you take, the majority of work you do for the class will be done from outside the State of Minnesota."

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/minnesota-gives-coursera-the-boot-citing-a-decades-old-law/40542

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/18/minnesota_bans_coursera_state_takes_bold_stand_against_free_education.html


of all the idiotic things my home state has done....... this might just take the cake.
Oct 19 2012 5:28PM
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CheddarJack
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I'd post something intelligent, but then you'd learn it, and it'd be illegal. You're welcome.
Oct 19 2012 5:38PM
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Alexander_Keith
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This just in, Minnesota bans pennicillin. More at six o'clock
Oct 19 2012 5:41PM
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cubber
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Fucking stupid. I'm mad.
Oct 19 2012 5:42PM
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cubber
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Now everyone has to drive just over state lines to do homework for their college workshops?
Oct 19 2012 5:43PM
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northeast
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lol sucks to be a poor.
Oct 19 2012 5:49PM
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thenightman
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This takes the cake? How about us electing Al Franken?
Oct 19 2012 6:04PM
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roddy116
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of all the stupid things we have done...
but yah, you guys should see some of the posters we have up, like vote no on voter ID, and stuff. on every single friggin yard
Oct 19 2012 6:11PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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Its a goddamn trend here.
Oct 19 2012 6:14PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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not really relevant but relating to minnesota's politics -
question: I live in rochester and we're a "republican island" I'm not personally republican but evidently Rochester has a lot. There are still more democrats. What's it like in other parts of the state?
Oct 19 2012 6:14PM
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roddy116
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the only really hardcore democratic area is the metro (uptown minneapolis and st. paul, some other pockets of the metro)
Oct 19 2012 6:17PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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aka hipster town, right?
Oct 19 2012 6:19PM
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roddy116
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yeh pretty much.
Oct 19 2012 6:19PM
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skiminnesota
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Minnesota is not as conservative as people think.

Hennepin county (where i used to live) was very liberal.
Oct 19 2012 6:24PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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Duluth is pretty liberal but im not one to talk about politics so dont take my word on that.
Oct 19 2012 6:44PM
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wandy.wheeler
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Education is a basic right of every individual and with traditional mode going far from the reach of a common man, online education should be freely available to fill the gap left by traditional education. I myself earned college credit for work experience by doing online course and that is paying me well!!!
Oct 23 2013 4:09AM
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