College Education getting too expensive? How about a free Ivy League education instead?

With the rising costs of college tuition and the high volume of student loans, more and more people are looking for other ways to get the education they deserve, without breaking the bank. Many have turned to the web, which has begun to offer free educational content on a variety of subjects. In fact, many Ivy Leagues are making their lectures accessible to anyone with an internet connection. All it takes are a few clicks, and suddenly, what MIT students pay thousands for annually, is available to you for little or no cost.

A site called Academic Earth makes these lectures available to everyone, and is now reaching out specifically to high school students taking Advanced Placement exams by offering them courses. The lecture series offers up to 50 lectures from prominent schools such as MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley, covering subjects such as calculus, psych, and computer science. Students also have the option to download podcast versions of the lectures.

It's good to know that I have been spending almost $50,000 a year on my college education, when I could have been learning from the best schools for free! Maybe if I had gone to school a few years later, I could have used the information available on the internet to my advantage.