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What percent of #public #colleges are actually affordable?

48% of #CommunityColleges and 35% of #Bachelor-Granting Institutions are affordable.

Explore state by state with the #AffordabilityGap dashboard 🔗
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#CollegeAffordability #FinancialAid #HigherEd

December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Sam Bergman

@violanorth.bsky.social

Fun fact about him: his Bachelor of Music degree is from MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, which has been a community music school for about a century, but was only a degree-granting institution of higher ed for a decade or so.

December 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Lauren McKenzie

@themckenziest.gay

These court transcripts are something else-

Being asked about if either of his Bachelors (including LATIN!) were for Science in Computational Physics:
“The documents speak for themselves. It's absurd.”

Elon:
“Well, actually, it's in Latin…

I don't know what it says. I'm not good at Latin.”

The post followed by the transcripts on the next 3 photos Elon had to sit for a deposition as part of the 2007 lawsuit. He was grilled about saying
"Computational Physics"
, which doesn't exist
at Penn. When asked about the blank diploma, he evaded. Elon's been talking his way out of situations for a long time. He won the suit. 23/

DEPOSITION OF ELON MUSK, TAKEN ON THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009
Page 164
1
So, let me ask you this way: Did you ever
2
. get a diploma on it which said that you had a Bachelor's of Science in Computational Physics from Penn?
A.
I don't know what exactly -- the exact wording
on the diploma.
7
(UNIVERSITAS PENNSYLVANIENSIS
8
MARKED EXHIBIT NO. 10)
9 l.
Now, looking at the first two pages of
Exhibit 10, are those the only two diplomas you
received from the University of Pennsylvania?
A. You know, I didn't even look at these things
coming out. So, I guess these are the diplomas from the University.
e. Do you think you have additional diplomas from the University of Pennsylvania?
A. No.
18
l. okay.
19

Are you aware of either of these diplomas
granting you a Bachelor of Science in Computational
Physics?
22
MR. LEDAHL:
The documents speak for
23
themselves. It's absurd.
24
THE WITNESS:
Well, actually, it's in
25
Latin.

MR. ONGARO:
2
Q. If you lok at the last page....
3
A. It just says on the translation in brackets,
4
"name, to the degree of degree."

Q. If you look at the -- the diplomas themselves, one says Bachelor of Science in Economics in English. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
l. And the other just says Bachelor's of Science in Latin, correct?
A. I don't know what it says. I'm not good at Latin.'
l. Fair enough.
14
15
Okay. Do you want a minute to look through
that book to see if there is any changes?

DEPOSITION OF ELON MUSK, TAKEN ON THURSDAY, MAX 7, 2009
Page 162
1
of computers as does Modern Physics does.
Was it computational? Absolutely.
3
l. And you got a B.S. in that, in Physics?
4.
5
A. Yeah.
l. okay.
A. What do you have a law degree in?
7
l. Are you finished, sir?
8
A. I was just asking what do you have a law degree
Q.
Certainly not Computational Physics.
They didn't offer that at my school, either.
MR. LEDAHL:
All right. I'm going to
ask that that be stricken.
Counsel is making now snide remarks that
are both unproductive and argumentative --
MR. ONGARO:
• I'll allow it to be stricken.
MR. LEDAHL:
-- and false because they
did offer it at the University of Pennsylvania, contrary to what you just stated.
MR. ONGARO:
No, they didn't.
Okay, then. Let's go back to this. Let's go
back to this, sir.
A. You are engaged in absurd semantics.
2. Why don't you show me on Exhibit No. 9 a

December 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Your ol' pal Les McClaine - commissions open!

@lesmcclaine.com

I found the bonus degree SCAD gave me by sending the wrong diploma

A diploma from the Savannah College of Art and Design granting me a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography, a program I didn't earn a single credit in

August 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM

drdetroit.bsky.social

@drdetroit.bsky.social

When you want the Bachelor in your princess maker game learn to defend himself but you don't want to have an adult conversation about it.

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The quest card "blackmailing your dog into learning martial arts" from chuubos marvellous wish granting engine tabletop roleplaying game

July 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Julie Anne Yaple Johnson

@jayzz.bsky.social

This is a misleading map. It counts every jail, including small county jails, but only counts bachelor degree-granting colleges--not community or technical colleges. It doesn't count the number of people in either. Orginal source: studee.com/discover/usa...
1/2

The US states with more places for incarceration than higher education

Find out which states in the USA have more prisons than colleges and take a look at whether the amount of people with a degree impacts the number of people in prison.

studee.com

July 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Mary Wombat

@littlemavis.bsky.social

I looked it up. Apparently it costs £3240 and you need permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury

As St Paul's is not a parish church, there are conditions on who can be married here and all
weddings require the granting of a Special Licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

We are able to marry members of:

. the Order of the British Empire, and their children
. the Order of St Michael and St George, and their children
. the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor, and their children
. the Cathedral Community (staff and volunteers, including Cathedral School, subject to
length of service), and their children.

We are also able to marry those who hold a British Empire Medal, and their children.

July 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM

Bradford Vivian

@bradvivian.bsky.social

Not accredited. Not granting degrees. So, not really a university—whatever bold experiment it claims to be involved in.

Chronicle of Higher Education • 6h •
CAOE SHILO
chronicle.com
One Year In, What Has 'the Anti-Harvard' University...
Four years ago, Pano Kanelos helped launch a bold experiment: a new university in Austin, Texas that aims to stem ideological conformity in higher education. Is it working?

Is the University of Austin accredited?
The University of Austin is engaged in the Middle States Commission on Higher Education's (MSCHE) process for determining its readiness for candidate for accreditation status. MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidacy status) activities for institutions of higher education throughout the United States. Accreditation is a multi-year process that all universities must continually undergo.
Graduating a first class of undergraduate students is normally a prerequisite for completing the first accreditation cycle.

What degrees do you offer?
-
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has granted a Certificate of Authority to UATX to award the degree listed below: Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies. This certificate does not constitute accreditation; the issuance of this certificate attests only that the institution has met the Board's standards established for nonexempt institutions.
Questions or complaints about this institution should be addressed to: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, P.O. Box 12788, Austin, Texas
78711, 512.427.6200

June 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Nori G

@bbq-the-oligarchs.bsky.social

The Superintendent obtains the consent of the Academy Board before approving any changes in course offerings, required courses, academic majors, or graduation requirements, and before granting any cadet the degree of Bachelor of Science. 4/

February 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Michelle Miller-Adams

@mmilleradams.bsky.social

I like tuition-free college that includes bachelor-granting institutions, as they provide meaningful choices. Minnesota's is simple and inclusive, with one drawback -- a benefit cliff at family income of $80K. Nothing wrong with a simple scale of declining benefits. www.minnpost.com/education/20...