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Harvard, Stanford, and Minerva? The Next Elite University at Half the Price | Jeff Selingo | LinkedIn
Harvard, Stanford, and Minerva? The Next Elite University at Half the Price | Jeff Selingo | LinkedIn
When the most selective universities in the United States sent out their admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 a few weeks ago, they also publicly announced—somewhat proudly—how few students they actually admitted this year. In most cases, fewer than one out of ten students were accepted to places such as Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton.Such numbers and the anxiety they produce among high-school students and their parents frustrates Ben Nelson. He graduated from one of those institutions, the University of Pennsylvania, in the mid-1990s. That’s when it was slightly eas
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Harvard, Stanford, and Minerva? The Next Elite University at Half the Price | Jeff Selingo | LinkedIn
Seth's Blog: Seen, heard, gotten, changed
Seth's Blog: Seen, heard, gotten, changed
Most of the news/advice/insight you run into is merely seen. You might acknowledge that something is happening, that something might work, that a new technique is surfacing. Sometimes, if you work at it, you actually hear what's being said. You...
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Seth's Blog: Seen, heard, gotten, changed
Getting Better at Getting Better
Getting Better at Getting Better
This article point out how major advances in professiknal development in manfacturing and sports have led to incredible performance advances in those fields. And yet, many fields and professionals struggle with this. Its interesting how the "I'm/we're done learning" still permeates many fields, including some (like education) that should know better. What's the attitude like of the people in your organization for contiuned professional development? Of course everyone gives it lip service, but even in 2014, so many have yet to embrace this. A potentially, huge competitive advantage to groups and organizations who invest in this seriously, especially in industrirs where it's not standard practice.
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Getting Better at Getting Better