Not everything these days is about having that little piece of paper to put on the wall (college degree).  A lot of times it’s what you know, and who you know that will help you gain meaningful employment.  Some of the best universities are offering their lectures free to the public for viewing and a lot of the course material as well. 

• http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx
• http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
• http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
• http://www.cmu.edu/oli/index.shtml
• http://ocw.uci.edu/