In the editorial “Post-secondary education: are we lemmings?” Tom Abeles outlines the growing disparity of the cost and elitism of post-secondary education in regards to astronomical tuition costs and employers demand for degree carrying employees. Abeles brings up the notion that in an age where technology is so prevalent why are we still putting our students through an archaic means of learning. The article brings up an interesting notion of low cost online education, where your competency is based on mastery and not the hours spent in the classroom. This idea of ‘badging’ is a low cost alternative that does not require the majority of fixed costs a university endures, such as professors and schools; as well as costs associated with heating,
