Links tagged with “university”
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Deep Springs College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
26 students, no fees, isolated location, students and staff all work on the ranch/farm. (via The New York Review of Books)
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Seth’s Blog: Textbook rant
Why textbooks prescribed for college courses are a bad thing: “They are expensive … They don’t make change … They don’t sell the topic … They are incredibly impractical.” (via Preoccupations)
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Times Higher Education - All the privileged must have prizes
About teaching at Harvard and the sense of entitlement the kids there have. (via Kottke)
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The American Scholar - The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - By William Deresiewicz
Great measured rant about what Ivy League educated kids are missing out on. (via Kottke)
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Colleges and Universities - Education and Schools - Engineering - Technology - Science - New York Times
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering sounds different in a good way. “Learning the skill of how to learn is more important than trying to fill every possible cup of knowledge in every possible discipline.” (via Blech)
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Russell davies: studying graphic design
Lots of advice in the comments about where to do a graphic design degree (no recommendations for UWE where I went…).
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Blog.pmarca.com: The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 2: Skills and education
Marc Andreesen’s interesting guide to what you should study at college if you’re Marc Andreesen. (via Rodcorp)
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Bristol school of art media & design - UWE Bristol - Major Redevelopment for Bower Ashton Campus
My old college is having a £11.5 million makeover. I can’t work out if our old “giraffe house” building is to be replaced or not.