Many years ago, when a new dean at my university referred to the faculty as “content providers,” my colleagues and I rolled our eyes. It was the latest hokey label for an old profession.
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The Death of College
Great article about the death of college, as I knew it. Some things need to change. My liberal arts college needs to understand how to email market if they want my money, but let's not throw out baby with bathwater.
The death of free time and an understandable desire to make money in an uncertain world doesn't mean we stop teaching the strange, crazy stuff called sociology, history and art. Life is about MORE than making money and that crazy stuff can help you make money.
The problem with the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world is these lottery winners make winning as an entrepreneur look so easy. It is NOT (trust me I've started 4 companies and have yet to get anywhere near that kind of success). I have a good education; an education that helps me put things in perspective.
For example I know that in a bell curve most of us are stuck at the top. There are outliers on either end. Mega-hit entrepreneurs are on the far right while many muddle through the middle.
I will retire next year to write my memoirs (lol). Thankfully I have that option and I have options because my crazy liberal arts college who can't email market their way out of a wet paper bag taught me how to THINK and WRITE thought not necessarily in that order :).
My suggestion to today's college students is prepare to become a linchpin, a person of substance who can make a difference. The best route to such a job is to think asynchronously as early and as much as possible. Don't run with the herd fly with the eagles (sorry couldn't resist some goofystupid entrepreneurship cliché).
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The Death of College
Great article about the death of college, as I knew it. Some things need to change. My liberal arts college needs to understand how to email market if they want my money, but let's not throw out baby with bathwater.
The death of free time and an understandable desire to make money in an uncertain world doesn't mean we stop teaching the strange, crazy stuff called sociology, history and art. Life is about MORE than making money and that crazy stuff can help you make money.
The problem with the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world is these lottery winners make winning as an entrepreneur look so easy. It is NOT (trust me I've started 4 companies and have yet to get anywhere near that kind of success). I have a good education; an education that helps me put things in perspective.
For example I know that in a bell curve most of us are stuck at the top. There are outliers on either end. Mega-hit entrepreneurs are on the far right while many muddle through the middle.
I will retire next year to write my memoirs (lol). Thankfully I have that option and I have options because my crazy liberal arts college who can't email market their way out of a wet paper bag taught me how to THINK and WRITE thought not necessarily in that order :).
My suggestion to today's college students is prepare to become a linchpin, a person of substance who can make a difference. The best route to such a job is to think asynchronously as early and as much as possible. Don't run with the herd fly with the eagles (sorry couldn't resist some goofystupid entrepreneurship cliché).
I also left a comment on Bloomberg.