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505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, May 29, 2020, 12:44 PM cody dooderson <d00d3r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a nice talk to the graduates of Harvard > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1001&v=jSn_QW9FFiI&feature=emb_logo > . > > Cody Smith > > > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com> > wrote: > >> I don't know if my attitudes have an objective basis, or if I am just >> envious of folks whose degrees are from Ivy League schools. My father had >> only a sixth grade education and my mother eighth grade, and Dad never >> earned over two dollars an hour, so an expensive University was out of the >> question. So I went to Kansas State University in the 1970s and early 1980s >> and got what I thought was an adequate education (BS in Biology and MS in >> Computer Science) spread out over nearly ten years. In-state tuition, no >> doubt subsidized by the State of Kansas, was between $500 and $1000 per >> semester. Working as a software engineer, my salary was always somewhere in >> the mid range, and I didn't mind. I think my career was more rewarding to >> me than if I had incurred huge debts at a more top-tier University in order >> to get higher paying jobs. I guess my point is that higher education could >> be a whole lot more affordable without throwing out the face-to-face model >> entirely. >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:08 AM Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> >> wrote: >> >>> Scott Galloway (professor at Stern School of business and supposed >>> authority) on universities post COVID. >>> >>> Fifty percent of the investment in prestige university education is for >>> 'certification' — degree that signals your lifetime earnings. The Harvard >>> brand is strong enough that students will accept an inferior educational >>> experience. The fifty biggest university brands, Harvard, Stanford, etc, >>> will partner with tech giants like Apple or Facebook to create a hybrid >>> university, most others will hollow out and die like the large department >>> store chains. Dorm life and in-person experience will be reserved for >>> children of the 1%. >>> >>> Pretty bleak and a commentary on previous FRIAM conversations about >>> education and elite universities. >>> >>> davew >>> >>> -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . >>> ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> >>> http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> >> -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . >> ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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