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?" ][<en -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>