How can adults get an engaging social science/humanities education for a reasonable price?

Videos like this have convinced me that education is stagnating at best and we're headed towards Idiocracy. Half of American adults can't read at a 6th grade level, and many get their beliefs from TikTok. IMO this is driving the spread of misinformation, extremist groups, and mental health issues.

But what can we do? Even if someone has the time & money for more education, there aren't many humanities classes in community colleges, and it's difficult+expensive to do a bachelor's/master's, especially if you're 40+. For example, I went to college (20 years ago), got my master's, and had a good career, but now I want to study philosophy and re-experience the engaging classroom discussions I had in school. AFAICT, I'd need a 2nd B.A. to do that because I'm definitely not getting into a Philosophy M.A. program with my background, and the only phil class in my community college is an intro course.

I would love to spend an hour a week discussing humanities/social science topics with the guidance of a qualified teacher, but I just don't see any ways to do that. Do you have any ideas?

Submitted January 13, 2024 at 03:34PM by i_know_stuff_so_yeah https://ift.tt/89z6xWp