University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ability

Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by ucee054 on Saturday January 26, 2013 @02:44AM (#5119657)

Nevertheless, the price most people pay is some factor of the list price and that can be very steep.

For example, here is the price page for the Harvard MBA: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/financial-aid/Pages/cost-summary.aspx

Harvard do not give more than 50% scholarships.

So we are taking about 54K over a 2 year period, just for fees, excluding accommodation, food and health insurance.

That is enough to keep all kinds of people out. And this is for MBA, a course that has a relatively high probability of leading to a job. The effect will be much more acute for Art History.

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Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by wildgift on Saturday January 26, 2013 @04:43AM (#5119893)

The MBA is a profit center. To see what it costs for poor kids, just look at the undergrad scholarship policy. Odds are, they will get a free ride if they have great grades.

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Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by Evbn on Saturday January 26, 2013 @11:13AM (#5120721)

Harvard does not have a professional school of art history. Art History is leisure person's degree anyway, and has no relevance to personal economics. Space ship rides are expensive too, and similarly irrelevant to personal advancement.

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