Vicarious Education

12/28/2025

Not all degrees are created equal. Run the numbers before you commit.

07/02/2023

1993 is when the student loan crisis started

The thing about student loans is its something

03/19/2020

06/10/2019

Not all that glitters is gold. It’s time to give community colleges the credit they deserve.

04/30/2019

How much do you read a day?

03/08/2019

I truly wonder if in several professions, adequate training could be accomplished in a 2 year crash course with no gen eds aka a specialized associates degree from a community college. Are expensive textbooks really helpful to learn?

Publishers say digital options make textbooks cheaper. Affordability advocates say it increases their stranglehold on the market.

02/23/2019

Insightful article

Jed Shafer thought his work navigating the troubled public service loan forgiveness program was finished. He found out he was wrong when Lowe’s turned him away at the register.

02/17/2019

Thoughts?

Gary V talks with A-Rod and Barstool Big Cat about how certain types of kids shouldn't go to college.

02/09/2019

Thoughts?

Shifting demographics have posed challenges for many U.S. programs as declining birthrates change the calculus for keeping them afloat. Now, fallout from demographic change is hitting the higher education industry. The problems are most pronounced at historically black colleges and universities.

02/08/2019

Why does grading not reflect preparedness for real life scenarios in the course subject matter? Maybe because it is based on the premise that you will be told what to do and that you are expected to follow the instructions/obey the rules? Success in life often comes from Initiative and breaking rules...that is exactly what entrepreneurs do!