The Free University Project - Guided independent study materials that can lead to college credit through examination

The Student as Nigger by Jerry Farber - Don't be scared off by the inflammatory title , there is no racial content whatsoever. An important commentary on state-run education.
 Also recommended is The Six Lesson Schoolteacher and The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto.

Oh, and Higher Education Conformity by Barbara Ehrenreich

WorldWideLearn

Semester at Sea program

Howard Gardener (theory of multiple intelligences)

TESOL Information at Dave's China page

The Hobo Teacher

FAFSA on the Web - Application for Federal financial aid for U.S. students

Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning

Degreeinfo.com

Distance Education and Training Council

The Levicoff Portfolio

Sparknotes

How The Brain Rewires Itself

Kurt Vonnegut - Advice to Writers

Short US News article on no-tuition colleges

Berea College in Kentucky - 4 year school offering free tuition to all accepted

Cooper Union - Architecture / art / engineering school that also appears to offer free tuition

Coffee Break Spanish  - series of free mp3 podcasts
Rolling Rs - another free podcast series for learning Spanish, this one has video (mp4 format)

Paulo Freire - Pedagogy of the Oppressed and The Banking Concept of Education

Mass Media Studies websites -
McGraw-Hill Dynamics of Mass Communication
Intro to Mass Communications
Wiki - Mass Media and Public Opinion entry