There certainly is a serious problem today facing higher education that is not being sufficiently addressed, and that concerns what "higher" education is all about.
Sarah Lacy | Posted 05.15.2012
After one particularly awful question, Zuckerberg broke down like a cartoon robot that simply could not compute. His eyes darted from place to place. He furrowed his brow and looked up after several moments of silence. 404 error. I had crashed Mark Zuckerberg.
Michael B. Fishbein | Posted 05.09.2012
Innovation and progress requires experimentation -- trial and error. Unfortunately, for entrepreneurs with ideas for "startup countries," there's no way for them to experiment. It's not like the software industry where all you need is a laptop.
The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.04.2012
Ad warfare between super PACs dominated the Republican primary season, with Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all leaning heavily on outsid...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012
By John Dunbar and Michael BeckeliWatch NewsContrary to expectations, the much-criticized court decisions that gave us "super PACs" have not led to ...
Reuters | Posted 05.11.2012
* Star tech investor to teach at Stanford * Campus abuzz over entrepreneurship * Anti-college stance has some crying "hy...
Michael B. Fishbein | Posted 05.02.2012
"How to Start a Venture Capital Firm." A Skillshare class... taught by a 21-year-old college dropout! Not even a Harvard-dropout, a small-liberal-arts-college-with-a-mediocre-reputation-in-upstate-New-York-dropout. I was skeptical but intrigued.
AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 04.23.2012
WASHINGTON — Just two dozen ultra-wealthy donors are behind a surge of million-dollar contributions to the new breed of political committees dur...
John Hrabe | Posted 04.13.2012
The American recovery won't come from Detroit's dogged persistence. It will come from innovative computer geeks and social misfits. Instead of a pep talk, we need a lesson in computer programming.
Eric M. Jackson | Posted 01.31.2012
It was a unique combination of circumstances, talent, and audacity that would make PayPal an incubator for so many successful entrepreneurs.
Mahendra Ramsinghani | Posted 01.14.2012
Max Marty, a Silicon Valley founder, wants to build a "visa-free" startup incubator aboard a ship in international waters. How crazy can entrepreneurs get?
Marvin Ammori | Posted 12.12.2011
The Singularity Government may (not) be a brilliant idea. The Singularity Summit definitely is. It couldn't come soon enough.
The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 10.18.2011
PayPal founder Peter Thiel has invested $1.25 million in an ambitious project--floating, autonomous colonies at sea. The progressive entrepreneur ...
businessinsider.com | Gus Lubin | Posted 08.22.2011
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Ian Fletcher | Posted 08.20.2011
The Thiel Fellowship program's essential strategy consists in smoothing the path of individual geniuses, and this is simply not where the bottleneck to innovation lies in America today.
Brian Rosenberg | Posted 08.14.2011
Peter Thiel has drawn much attention for arguing that higher education is a "bubble" along the lines of the housing market and tech stocks because "people are not getting their money's worth, basically, when you do the math."
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.03.2011
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Robyn Gee Peter Thiel, the co-founder ...
Posted 08.03.2011
Paypal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel, is paying students 100,000 dollars to drop out of college. But what was his college experience (at ...
Liz Hamburg | Posted 08.02.2011
Sure, younger entrepreneurs can afford to take more risk and work longer hours. But what about the benefit of years of experience, strong networks, perspective?
Michael Roth | Posted 08.01.2011
When it works well, our higher education sector offers a wide range of choices to students who hope to build on their education in different ways. This is great American resource to be protected and cultivated.
Yashar Ali | Posted 08.01.2011
When most people hear about a college-aged kid skipping college, they aren't reminded of Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. They think of an aimless eighteen-year-old who sleeps the day away and lacks real purpose.
Andrew P. Kelly | Posted 07.27.2011
A four-year degree program is certainly not a good a fit for everyone, and we clearly need a broader array of high-quality postsecondary options. Unfortunately, Thiel's provocative brainchild does nothing to inform this debate.
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 07.25.2011
Midway through his freshman year at Harvard University, Ben Yu felt like Harvard's core curriculum kept getting in the way of his other interests. So ...
nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 07.25.2011
Parents, do you hope that your children have the chance to become like Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder, Facebook investor and hedge fund manager? I...
Zac Hill | Posted 07.10.2011
Clearly, the goal of the higher education system is not for everyone in America to get a JD or an MD or a Ph.D. But if you looked from a game design perspective, you'd very much think that it is.
Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.23.2012