My favorite hack as a college dropout who still loves to learn is simply Googling “(subject of interest) syllabus.” Hundreds of college syllabi will show up. Figure out the overlap to find what essential texts / materials seem to be. The internet is good if you want it to be !!!!
@elizamclamb you are a genius of the internet!!! thank you
@elizamclamb MIT open courseware is another good resource ocw.mit.edu
@elizamclamb opensyllabus galaxy
@elizamclamb I always thought the greatest value of higher education was the curated reading lists. This is spot on
@elizamclamb Yes but, sometimes* the 'required texts' are never, ever referred to during the course. *Quite often actually
@elizamclamb yes, i've been doing this for years and it's so helpful for learning at my own pace to get ready before i (maybe) re-enroll in the future
@elizamclamb This just helped me so much with a round of personal research. This never occurred to me.
@elizamclamb Screaming crying throwing up because this could be so much fun