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Tag Archives: Education
A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
How Apple is sabotaging an open standard for digital books.
Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
iTunes U for iPad + iBooks Author. The economics of cheap digital textbooks.
American citizens and its universities have experienced an ivy-laden ivory tower for the past half century. Students, however, can no longer assume that a four year degree will be the golden ticket to a good job in a global economy that cares little for their social networking skills and more about what their labor is worth on the global marketplace. — [LINK]
“Peter Thiel may be on to something, but all of our kids just can’t up and quit college à la Bill Gates.”
Posted in Education
Tagged Bill Gross, college, colleges, Education, Peter Thiel, universities, university
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Peter Thiel gives $100k to twenty-something kids just out of college. — [NEWS]
When I first heard about Peter Thiel’s program, I was a bit skeptical. But today, I have read the descriptions of their projects, and I am bought.
Education is a bubble in a classic sense. To call something a bubble, it must be overpriced and there must be an intense belief in it.
Peter Thiel: It’s basically extremely overpriced. People are not getting their money’s worth, objectively, when you do the math. And at the same time it is something that is incredibly intensively believed; there’s this sort of psycho-social component to people … Continue reading
Correlation gone wong? Kauffman Foundation study on education and entrepreneurship sparks controversy.
“The question is whether being educated in a ‘top’ school helps or not. And the design of the study simply does not allow any conclusion about this question, in either direction!“ More info.
Posted in Business, Education, Entrepreneurship
Tagged Business, Education, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation, startups
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NO CORRELATION BETWEEN IVY LEAGUE EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Those who are born without the silver spoons in their mouths are more motivated to succeed. UPDATE: Prof Panos Ipeirotis wrote this comment, at TechCrunch: “The question is whether being educated in a ‘top’ school helps or not. And the … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Education, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation, startups
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Why statistics (and probability) ought to be taught over calculus in America’s mathematics curriculum
Students should aspire to be “data samurais”. Andrew Gelman, Lance Fortnow, Panos Ipeirotis and Bo Cowgill are hot again all of the sudden. Amazing videos of Arthur Benjamin:
Posted in Education, Science
Tagged algebra, arithmetic, Arthur Benjamin, data, discrete mathematics, Education, forecasting, Knowledge, mathematics, probability, randonmess, Science, statistics, technology, trends
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