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Floating University! Spend a Semester at Sea!
Scott Marshall, CEO of Semester at Sea, shares what it's like to be on a ship for 3.5 months, take college-level courses, and get credit for it.
Semester at Sea has been around for 50 years.
The price for a semester (105 days), 12-15 college credits, room & board, and tuition is $25-33k (depending on the cabin).
Watch the interview on YouTube
Here are the rough time stamps in case you want to jump around:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Ship Wi-Fi vs. plane Wi-Fi
03:00 Price
06:00 Why & when do it?
07:30 Affording it
09:00 College Credits
11:00 Course selection
12:00 History
13:00 Starlink's impact
14:00 Life without bandwidth
16:00 The teachers
17:00 How many on the ship?
18:30 Field trips
20:00 COVID
25:00 Lifelong learners
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Scott Marshall, CEO of Semester at Sea, shares what it's like to be on a ship for 3.5 months, take college-level courses, and get credit for it.
Semester at Sea has been around for 50 years.
The price for a semester (105 days), 12-15 college credits, room & board, and tuition is $25-33k (depending on the cabin).
Watch the interview on YouTube
Here are the rough time stamps in case you want to jump around:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Ship Wi-Fi vs. plane Wi-Fi
03:00 Price
06:00 Why & when do it?
07:30 Affording it
09:00 College Credits
11:00 Course selection
12:00 History
13:00 Starlink's impact
14:00 Life without bandwidth
16:00 The teachers
17:00 How many on the ship?
18:30 Field trips
20:00 COVID
25:00 Lifelong learners
Feedback
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If you like this, subscribe and share!
If you like this podcast, subscribe and share!
My Patrons and Gossamer Gear sponsored this show!
On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:
- http://facebook.com/ftapon
Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon
Rewards start at just $2/month!
Affiliate links
Start your own podcast with the same company I use, Podbean, and get one month free!
https://www.podbean.com/ftapon
In the USA, trade crypto with Kraken
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Outside the USA, trade crypto with Binance and get 5% off your trading fees!
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