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Udacity: Sebastian Thrun: Thoughts and Financial Transparency on our Masters in Computer Science with Georgia Tech
It has now been six weeks since we announced our collaboration with Georgia Tech and AT&T on a new online Masters program, and we are well underway creating the content and technology necessary to bring an affordable online computer science education to the public.In December 2012, I participated in the development of a Student Bill of Rights. In it, a group of 12 scholars defined what we believed to be inalienable rights for students in the digital age. We postulated financial transparency for the students as a basic right.Even though we at Udacity knew we might be subjected to intense criticism and debate, we opened up access to the budget of our new degree, and we are committed to publishing actual financials as this degree is being rolled out. The OMS CS is truly a moon shot, and much of what we project are speculations at this point. But if this model stands, it could serve as a blueprint for making higher education more accessible in the 21st century.Up front, I believe that…