Mission / Letter
"What we owe a student who pays no tuition"
On the obligations of tuition-free instruction — and why selectivity, not subsidy, is the cost we refuse to charge.
Thirty seminars taught live online by stipended scholars. No tuition, no gates - just good books, hard questions, and people glad you came.
Course registration fees average about $1,600 per learner per year, with need-based waivers. There is no application fee.
Higher education has confused access with credentials, and seriousness with cost. Neponset begins from the opposite premise: that the doors should be open to anyone willing to do the work — and that what happens behind those doors should be honest, demanding, and unmistakably real.
On the obligations of tuition-free instruction — and why selectivity, not subsidy, is the cost we refuse to charge.
Eleven example seminars from a catalog of about thirty. A look at what we intend to read, write, and argue.
Eighteen public-facing documents — academic integrity, refund policy, conflict of interest, Title IX. In preparation, all in plain language.
Tuition charged to admitted students. Course registration fees apply, with need-based waivers.
Courses in the planned catalog.
Public-facing policies in preparation, each to be published in full and in plain language.
Average annual course registration fee per learner, with need-based waivers.
Fall 2028 course registration is open. Tuition is $0. Registration is $200 per course, refundable under our Refund Policy, with no application fee. Classes have not started; Neponset Open Learning, Inc. is a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation and is not yet accredited. Register for Fall 2028.