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Ben Margot, The Associated Press
Connor Mitchell, right, works on a computer at a cafe in San Francisco on April 13, 2017. With college costs rising steadily and with more courses available online for free, some observers are beginning to question the need for a traditional college education that may include lectures on Greek philosophy but burden students with massive debt. Mitchell's university classes take place online through Minerva, he doesn't have any exams and he studies in a different country every year.: May 1 news story.
Your article about online learning focuses on Minerva, a university “named after the Greek goddess of wisdom.” I only had a stodgy liberal arts education where we read books and stuff. We even had lectures on Greek philosophy. But I did learn that the Greek goddess of wisdom was Athena, not Minerva. (The writer was close — Minerva was the Roman name for the goddess of wisdom.)
Sandy McVie, Littleton
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