Pages tagged self_study:

Johns Hopkins Magazine – The Autodidact Course Catalog
http://magazine.jhu.edu/2009/08/the-autodidact-course-catalog/

A great, lengthy piece on cool things to read online to learn more about the world
One would be hard-pressed to disapprove of autodidacticism. Consider a list of notable alumni from the academy of the self-taught: René Descartes, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, William Blake.