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An Announcement 3 Years in the Making

2023-01-27 · announcement · Hank · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: Everyday life) · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, civic or action cta, recurring series

Saying he feels obligated to use his audience and Complexly for good, Hank explains the barriers US students face in moving from high school to college (cost, untransferable credits, not knowing the system) and announces that Study Hall, made with Arizona State University, now offers low-cost transferable college credit through GoStudyHall.com.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank's obligation to do good with his tools (the community, Complexly); Crash Course's partnership offers

  • ★★★ Hank says he feels a strong obligation, rarely said aloud, to do good and interesting things with the tools he has. — 00:00:03
  • ★★ Hank names his two most powerful tools: this community, which has supported many good things over the years, and the people who work at Complexly and what they have made. (hedged) — 00:00:10 · Nerdfighteria, Complexly
  • ★★ Hank says Crash Course has become notable in educational media, so many people have approached them wanting to invest or partner. — 00:00:29 · Crash Course
  • ★ Hank jokes that deciding what to do with such an asset only requires understanding the whole problem landscape of global education. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • ★★ Hank says a few years ago they set out to help US students bridge from high school to college, starting by researching their barriers and talking with people in higher education. — 00:00:50 · United States

00:00:58 — Researching the barriers US students face between high school and college: course costs, untransferable credits, not knowing the system

  • ★★★ Hank says a three-credit course at a state school currently costs about $1,200. — 00:01:14
  • ★★ Hank says students can earn college credits in high school, but sometimes those credits don't transfer, and many credits don't transfer easily between schools. — 00:01:20
  • ★★ Hank calls the education bureaucracy a big messy mess, harder for those with fewer resources, less information or fewer people around who have been through it. — 00:01:30
  • ★★★ Hank says their research identified not knowing how the system works as one of the main barriers, since it can lead to costly mistakes. — 00:01:45

00:01:57 — Cost as a barrier; the ASU partnership; Study Hall's four parts and the new GoStudyHall.com credit courses and prices

  • ★★★ Hank says the other big barrier, the one most often cited by people who drop out of school, is cost. — 00:01:57
  • ★★ Hank says that at some point in the last five years people at YouTube introduced them to people at Arizona State University. — 00:02:05 · YouTube
  • ★★ Hank describes ASU as a large public research university that judges itself by how many people it includes rather than by rejection rates and exclusivity. — 00:02:10
  • ★★ Hank says the result is Study Hall, with four main parts, including Fast Guides on college majors, How to College on how college works, and College Foundations on foundational courses. — 00:02:15 · Study Hall
  • ★★★ Hank announces that GoStudyHall.com launched this week (January 2023), letting learners go from College Foundations videos to an online course earning transferable ASU college credit. — 00:02:40 · Study Hall
  • ★★★ Hank explains the model: videos stay free; a course costs $25 to start, the first begins March 7 with a cohort and faculty support, and satisfied students can pay $400 for transferable credit. — 00:02:55 · Study Hall
  • ★★ Hank sums up that they offer foundational course knowledge and transferable credits from a major research institution, more flexibly and at lower cost, and he can hardly believe it's real. — 00:03:10

00:03:24 — The goal of lowering barriers, an ask to spread the word, thanks; Hank skips next week for a colonoscopy

  • ★★★ Hank says the goal is not to replace college with YouTube videos but to look closely at the barriers and lower the ones they can. — 00:03:24 · YouTube
  • ★★★ Hank wishes they could fix the whole system with one sweeping action, but since they can't, they must do what they can with what they have. — 00:03:28
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers to tell people who might be interested about Study Hall. — 00:03:35 · Study Hall
  • ★ Hank thanks the dozens of people at Complexly, ASU and YouTube who worked on this for years, and says he is proud and excited. — 00:03:40 · Complexly, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says he won't make a video next week (week of 30 January 2023) because he is getting a colonoscopy. — 00:03:54

In the description and comments

  • ★ In a later channel comment replying to praise, Hank says "we'll see": it is a very difficult thing that many people are working on from many angles, and they will need to watch closely that it achieves its goals. (hedged) — creator comment

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Central: Arizona State University · higher education · Study Hall

Also: College Foundations · colonoscopy · Complexly · Crash Course · Crash Course How to College · Fast Guides · United States · YouTube

Also centred on higher education: College Advice From an Expert · Is College Worth It? · Why is College So Expensive? · Life is not a Job Training Program · Your Brain Gets Smart, but Your Head Gets Dumb · US College Students Need Help

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