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 Intro01:00 Ship Wi-Fi vs. plane Wi-Fi03:00 Price06:00 Why & when do it?07:30 Affording it09:00 College Credits11:00 Course selection12:00 History13:00 Starlink's impact14:00 Life without bandwidth16:00 The teachers17:00 How many on the ship?18:30 Field trips20:00 COVID25:00 Lifelong learners FeedbackGive anonymous verbal feedback to this show or to the podcast in general by using the SpeakPipe link below.Maybe you have:A gripeAn ideaA questionMore infoIf 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/ftaponhttp://twitter.com/ftaponhttp://youtube.com/user/ftapon https://instagram.com/ftapon http://pinterest.com/ftaponhttp://tumblr.com/ftaponClaim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTaponRewards start at just $2/month!Affiliate linksStart 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 https://r.kraken.com/c/2226643/687189/10583 Outside the USA, trade crypto with Binance and get 5% off your trading fees! Get full access to Francis Tapon at ftapon.substack.com/subscribe