The soaring cost of higher education has put a college degree out of reach for many Americans. There won’t be any class credit — or tests for that matter — but a group called Profs and Pints is connecting students of all ages with affordable lessons.

Through the business, professors and other experts give lectures in D.C. cafes, bars, restaurants and other off-campus locations. So far, Profs and Pints has staged nearly 1,000 talks.

“Never stop learning is what I tell people,” Peter Schmidt, Profs and Pints’ founder, said. “I sometimes joke that college is wasted on college students.”

Schmidt, 61, gave his own college career as an example, juggling a full course load while running the student newspaper at the time.

“I was afraid to take courses that were going to destroy my GPA, so I

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