Category: Universities
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The 50 college majors that guarantee decades of debt and disappointment.
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Make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy and require universities to underwrite loans
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How elite education creates high-achieving but risk-averse students who struggle to think for themselves.
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Like ghost kitchens that exist only on delivery apps, these nonprofits exist only on college applications.
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The US News College rankings are more mythology than methodology. They can be gamed. And should not be trusted.
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This essay first appeared in my newsletter. Sign up here if interested in F’ing up the status quo and fixing education. Here’s a puzzle: how do you create a trillion-dollar debt bubble that can’t be popped? Answer: make student loans non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. Now, here’s a trickier one: how do you fix this mess when…
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As we build The School of Entrepreneuring, we are always looking to learn from innovative schools (like this one). I stumbled upon another one recently which I had to highlight. In the video below, Guido Sarducci breaks down his idea for The 5 Minute University where you’d get a diploma for $20. In just 5…
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Henry Rowan was an MIT grad who decided MIT didn’t need more money. Absolute legend.
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Grade inflation is the worst, most cancerous type of inflation in the USA right now.