I’m lucky or unlucky depending on your point of view to catch 20+ industry events a year. I’m just back from my first SEOmoz event and it set the bar in 2010 for an informative, relevant, and well executed event. I learned a ton of useful info from nitty gritty SEO geek tips to how others are selling SEO services in the market. Just because I ran a Search Engine in the late 90’s means little in a world of continual new tactics and technology. It was refreshing to take two days and dig in on SEO. My hat it off to Rand and the team for a great conference and they are definitely on my 2011 list.
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Start of a VT Summer
Memorial Day brings the start of another Vermont summer. Enjoyed the lake, cheered on the marathon runners, and took a moment to remember all those that are serving and have. Everything is always a little better with waves & sun.
The increasing costs of a College education
UVM is wrapping up over the next few weeks and I got this great post from Seth Godin on: The coming melt-down in higher education. What grabbed my eye was the chart. Ouch! Higher education costs in the US are rising faster than Medical costs. While I don’t agree with all his points I firmly subscribe to his conclusion that there is a coming wave of ways to drive affordable liberal education with out going into massive debt.
UVM’s 4.8 percent increase this year would make in-state tuition $12,276. Out-of-state tuition would be $30,984. Add in room & board, books, and you are looking at $26,340(In State) and $45,398(Out). If your borrowed all of that $181K is a massive debt load even before you add in an MBA or other advanced degree. The college board reported that the avg 2010 increase for a private university was 4.4%. Time to look at alternatives. Three year programs with a year doing public service or an internship? We need to have a debate on how we get students better skills with out the massive debt load.
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