New Fellowship That Pays Students Not to Go to College
source: http://community.mises.org/diminishedutility/2011/05/25/new-fellowship-that-pays-students-no...
The winners were announced today for a new fellowship that has sparked heated debate in academic circles for questioning the value of higher education and suggesting that some entrepreneurial students may be better off leaving college.
Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, will pay each of the 24 winners of his Thiel Fellowship $100,000 not to attend college for two years and to develop business ideas instead.
The fellows, all 20 years old or younger, will leave institutions including Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University, to work with a network of more than 100 Silicon Valley mentors and further develop their ideas in areas such as biotechnology, education, and energy.
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artemis6
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Some people DO learn better with EXPERIENCE . What college ha to teach is always years behind the real world . Then you are burdened with TOO much debt to be really well off , under the best of circumstances anyway .
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remanns
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added to "Culture". What the hell,....never hurts to try something new.
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remanns
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kewl. ( not that "the best and the brightest" have EVER "needed " college for purely business reasons. )
Still the best way to study World Civ,.....World Mythology,.......Cultural Anthropology,..... Research Psych. - you know,.....'thinky' cultural stuff.
( Go build the damn widget,....make a billion,......if, . . . .)
1) you are basically a genius
2) being a "business",....is basically what you want to do
3) you CANT,....paint,....or write,.....or think a lasting philosophic thought -you know - something of LASTING value. - 1 year ago
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samthesixth
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24 students who will put off their miseducation for two years. It's a great idea.
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samthesixth
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ThatCrazyLibertarian:
college IS "a racket" - agreed. +^d
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ThatCrazyLibertarian:
well done. That good will was well hunted ! +^d !
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