This New MIT Master's Program Doesn't Require a College or High School Degree (wbur.org)

This is a great effort that will open the doors to many people who haven't even thought they were able to attend this type of school. If only more universities did things like this, you'd start to hopefully see more equality of access to opportunities rather than the traditional "good high school grades->good undergraduate degree" wheel that many don't necessarily fall into for one reason or another.

I hope it's a success and catches on, I personally know a handful of talented people who'd probably be interested in this type of program.

I think the lack of diversity in paths to higher education causes people to get swindled at degree mills.

this is BS. "may apply to a ms after completion". and what's the admission rate? э I can guarantee you. every single school has a certificate program like this that has 0 value as a credential. it's funny to think that what came out of the mooc learning revolution of the last 10 years was not access to opportunity but a way for universities to further monetize content - even at at 100 per student they've cleared almost a million dollars in revenue per course at such low margins (professors just repurpose existing lectures). and I'm sure many many gullible people pay more than 100 per credit. further proves the point that these institutions are not bastions of knowledge but very successful businesses. if you really want to have your mind blown check out Harvard's OPM program.

Total BS.

They have a MBA with no uni reqs as well.

I have built two companies from nothing; for a total eval of 3.5 million. I had a financial sponsor and references from well known sand hill road vcs.

I applied and quickly got rejected (on the first day of the applicants are reviewed).

Everyone accepted to the program are f100 employees with existing MIT/Mass ties.

MIT sees the end game, and it is not providing $80,000/year edu to the .1% who can afford it. Its pumping $$$ from enterprises who can afford it while locking HPEs to the enterprise sponsoring them.

TOTAL BS.