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The unique funding model includes: | The unique funding model includes: | ||
*OSE Microfactory - robust production is the backbone of economic prosperity and sustainability | |||
*Students paying tuition, with financial assistance available from Kiva microloans. | *Students paying tuition, with financial assistance available from Kiva microloans. | ||
*Students having an option to repay their tuition via apprenticeships where they generate value from production runs under the guidance of a production mentor | *Students having an option to repay their tuition via apprenticeships where they generate value from production runs under the guidance of a production mentor | ||
* | *Faculty and staff participate 1 day of the week in productive activity to bootstrap fund their own 'salaries' to the order of $50k/year | ||
*Local production allows for zero overhead costs for the built environment, utilities, and other critical infrastructure | |||
*A farm manager produces all the necessary food with assistance from apprentices or volunteers | |||
*Intensive week-long short courses provide another revenue stream for the community. | |||
*Publication sales fund | |||
[[Category:Strategic Development]] | [[Category:Strategic Development]] | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 18 April 2012
The OSE Campus is intended to be Distributive Enterprise training facility (Open Source University) that combines entrepreneurship training, education, production, product dog-fooding, and open source start-up incubation in one.
The unique funding model includes:
- OSE Microfactory - robust production is the backbone of economic prosperity and sustainability
- Students paying tuition, with financial assistance available from Kiva microloans.
- Students having an option to repay their tuition via apprenticeships where they generate value from production runs under the guidance of a production mentor
- Faculty and staff participate 1 day of the week in productive activity to bootstrap fund their own 'salaries' to the order of $50k/year
- Local production allows for zero overhead costs for the built environment, utilities, and other critical infrastructure
- A farm manager produces all the necessary food with assistance from apprentices or volunteers
- Intensive week-long short courses provide another revenue stream for the community.
- Publication sales fund