Leland Torrence wrote:
> Lest you missed it:  http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/debt/
>   
Leland,

It will be interesting to follow increased access opportunities to 
online education/accredited etc. in competition to brick n' mortar 
institutions.

 From a business perspective, and having in the past sent a whole bunch 
of folks off for vocational workshops, and seen that it was paid for, I 
have always closely monitored the cost:benefit ratio with it in mind 
that if the increased knowledge does not increase the wage earning 
capacity of the individual, let alone benefit the organization paying 
for the education, that it is a total waste not only of money but of the 
individual's time. The downside is that rarely, in 99% of my experience, 
does the cost or the knowledge directly accrue back to the organization 
that pays for it. Things change too quickly in business and people move 
on to other destinations. This makes it difficult when you have business 
partners who say, "But what are we getting out of this?" My conclusion 
was to hell with what do we get, the question should be, "What do we give?"

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