[karmicthreat]

Full disclosure, I paid for the first semester of the SDC course.

I am hoping that udacity is able to keep this sort of pricing. I am also hoping that the udacity doesn't get subsidized through student loans like ITT was. I think it skews things so student and education company goals are no longer aligned. They have an interest in churning out as many students as possible with little quality control then.

By making the student cough up a good but not insurmountable chunk of cash upfront udacity has to ultimately answer to the student market.