> Larry Pogemiller needs to go. Earlier today, he said Coursera-affiliated universities needed to register (and, pay up) "to prevent people from wasting their t

> Larry Pogemiller needs to go. Earlier today, he said Coursera-affiliated universities needed to register (and, pay up) "to prevent people from wasting their time." I can find no such quote attributed to Pogemiller. The closest I see is in the Slate article (http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/18/minnesota_bans_coursera_state_takes_bold_stand_against_free_education.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/18/minnesota...) where the reporter writes, > The law's intent is to protect Minnesota students from wasting their money on degrees from substandard institutions, Roedler [George, a manager at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education] says. [...] > The thing is, no one is wasting their money on Coursera courses, because they're free. (Yes, says Roedler, but they could still be wasting their time.) Not by Larry Pogemiller. Not in quotes (reporter's paraphrase). Defending the law in general, not this specific application of it. > Pogemiller only backed down from being a Government-sponsored bully when the press picked it up, and when asked, was surprised that Coursera didn't just roll over and pay up. No evidence of any of this. There are plenty of abuses of power in government, but your outrage here seems misplaced at best.