Northeastern University Study Tells Us What We Already Know - CHRIS VOGEL, Boston Daily

Programs that are cheap, accessible, and functionally useful are the keys to surviving in the future. And if you’re not convinced, a recent Northeastern University study really hammers home that point. Based on more than 1,000 interviews, the survey shows that while 70 percent of Americans believe higher education is “extremely” or “very important” to securing the elusive American Dream, 83 percent say that higher education is in desperate need of a shakeup. Enter programs such as the Harvard-MIT brainchild EdX, or similar massive online endeavors Coursera and Udacity, all of which offer free classes, after which students earn a certificate of mastery. http://blogs.bostonmagazine.com/boston_daily/2012/11/30/northeastern-university-study-tells-know-online-classes-entrepreneurship-future/