Silvio Savarese is a clear and present danger, offering free courses to people around the world, and in Minnesota, a direct violation of Minnesota law. Yes, he is paid by Minnesota taxpayers, yet he is sneaking in illegal participants (of Chinese origin!) Only after being caught redhanded did the conspirators put out this note:
Coursera has been 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. If you 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.
Nonetheless, Silvio Savarese draws a paycheck from the taxpayers of Minnesota, in spite of being a part of an organization conspiring in illegal activity in the State of Minnesota!
Fie! Note the implicit call to lie! Won't most Minnesotans simply lie about crossing a state line to take a course. This is wickedly tempting people to break the law, in addition to breaking the law themselves!
Fie! Note the implicit call to lie! Won't most Minnesotans simply lie about crossing a state line to take a course. This is wickedly tempting people to break the law, in addition to breaking the law themselves!
George Roedler, manager of institutional registration and licensing at the Minnesota Office of Higher education, clarifies that his office's issue isn't with Coursera per se, but with the universities that offer classes through its website. State law prohibits degree-granting institutions from offering instruction in Minnesota without obtaining permission from the office and paying a registration fee. (The fee can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, plus a $1,200 annual renewal.
Of course its not about shaking down schools for a few thousand bucks. No. Never mind no one is paying for free courses, says the apparatchik:
says Roedler, but they could still be wasting their time.
And for George Roedler, an extremely well compensated manager for the Minnesota department of whatever, how you spend your time is a prime concern of his. Requiring state enforcement. Where does it say that in any rules? Who cares?! He makes a lot of money and you don't, so go to hell! Under no circumstances is he ever responsible for anything he ever says or does, so shut up! This is a democracy! Once a person takes a government job, they automatically become a superior being. How do we know? Because the person has a government job. There.
And it could not be that the odious Capella University, headquartered in Minnesota charges for an ersatz online "education" for dolts who take out student loans for a degree indicating an education inferior to what can be had for free. Cappell paid the bucks and so it is legit. And Harvard is not. This Silvio Savarese is sneaking in a Stanford educator into Minnesota in clear violation of Minnesota law. He MUST face the wrath of the people of Minnesota in a struggle session!
And then later someone might look into how much benefit George Roedler gets from Capella University. At conferences and travel what kind of upgrades and other Secret Service style benefits Roedler might get, for no apparent reason and from no apparent source. That would be interesting.
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