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Free online classes banned in Minnesota without explicit government approval
Campus Reform ^
Posted on 10/19/2012 10:28:42 AM PDT by oliverdarcy
Minnesota law requires that the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) give approval to any free online courses made available in the state, for state residents, officials have confirmed to Campus Reform.
The law has been in place for years, but it gained notoriety this week after a small online education institution, Coursera, claims they were informed by OHE, the same branch of government that administers financial aid for state schools, that they operating illegally by offering free online courses.
Coursera, which offers online classes on a variety of academic disciplines, claims on its website that they were “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.”
Coursera further advises students that if they 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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: education; minnesota; minnesotabanned; tyranny
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To: oliverdarcy
So remember folks, if you live in Minnesota, you can’t take any of those econ classes offered by Yale unless your gubmint says ok. Can’t have you lernin’ stuff.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:31:01 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: oliverdarcy
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:34:53 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: oliverdarcy
Can’t have free online courses, as it makes education less expensive, and lest it damage the government student loan program, and then damage the leverage that the government has on students borrowing from the government, their majors, and their education vendors.
We need a steady supply of American Black Woman’s Blind Studies majors, Basket Weaving majors, GlowBull Warming Environmental Science Baloney Majors...
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:35:08 AM PDT
by
C210N
("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
To: oliverdarcy
Control freaks ...
When I was young the hippies hated them ....
Now they are them ....
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:36:02 AM PDT
by
bankwalker
(In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
To: oliverdarcy
No free Constitution courses for you, Minnesota!
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:37:58 AM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
To: oliverdarcy
It looks like the state doesn’t want anyone to escape from the lousy education establishment.Afterall they need to complete their indoctrination of America’s Youth.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:38:10 AM PDT
by
puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
To: cindy-true-supporter
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:40:38 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Sesame Street: Obama brought to you by the letter O and the number 16 billion. - Mitt)
To: oliverdarcy
Sounds like soft tyranny to me! I'm thinking that this a swipe at Hillsdale College
The absolute gall of these people informing the citizenry about the constitution.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:42:11 AM PDT
by
Cheapskate
(Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
To: oliverdarcy
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:42:18 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
To: oliverdarcy
Sounds like soft tyranny to me! I'm thinking that this a swipe at Hillsdale College
The absolute gall of these people informing the citizenry about the constitution.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:42:28 AM PDT
by
Cheapskate
(Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
To: oliverdarcy
Oh no, the future is coming! Quick, ban it!
To: 1rudeboy
I'm trying to figure out how this law is
not in flagrant violation of the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
So far, I got nuthin'.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:43:59 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: oliverdarcy
Illegal and unconstitutional.
No government has any right to do this.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:47:31 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Fascism is wrong even when practiced by the government.)
To: bankwalker
Control freaks ...
When I was young the hippies hated them ....
Now they are them .... The modern left are the new Victorians. They want to control everything everyone does - even down to eating and shitting.
I've been calling lefties "neo-Victorians" for years now.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:49:41 AM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: oliverdarcy
Even the Beast of Revelations didn’t meddle in free activities.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:49:56 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1368 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: AAABEST
One sheet of TP per shet, only, Citizen...
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:52:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1368 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: Oberon
The Constitution is about not trying to interrupt the president when he is interrupting you. Chris Matthews told me so.
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posted on
10/19/2012 10:53:43 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
To: oliverdarcy
a pre-emptive strike against Constitution 101 from Hillsdale College
To: oliverdarcy
ist verboten!!!!
GIVING FREELY OF YOURSELF IS SO ‘UNFAIR’
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posted on
10/19/2012 11:01:57 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
("The only thing the World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
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