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Disruption: Coming Soon to a University Near You

Forbes Magazine - Column

January 19, 2012

University experiences are increasingly being characterized by: impractical learning, out-of-touch faculty, exorbitant tuitions, time-wasting requirements and diminishing probabilities of employment. At the same time, we are living in an era when many of our heroes are university drop-outs, calling into question the validity of the university path for advancement in some of the most exciting realms of our society. Not surprisingly, we are beginning to see widespread frustration crystalizing into a variety of efforts to unseat the "monopoly position" that university education has traditionally held on job-seeking preparation, and replace it with different, often less-costly alternatives.

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