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Holly Whitaker's Rudy Moment
youtube.comOur job in higher ed isn’t to identify a top 1 percent of people who are freakishly remarkable or who have rich parents, and turn them into a super class of billionaires. It’s to give the bottom 90 a chance to be in the top 10.
—Scott Galloway
University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven
youtube.comThere's a great quote that Nick Saban said. He said that average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached, and great players want to be told the truth. Michael had a giant ego and a giant drive, but he would run up to the coach and tell me what I need to get better at.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Passion & Pain
"I tried to conduct myself in such a way that I wanted my players to act. I think our youngsters, whether they be basketball players or our children at home, need models more than they need critics." John Wooden
My friends and I founded a university over the summer and...it's going great?! And it's been surprisingly painless to start and run?!
It's a "network university," which is our fancy term for a new type of social institution: one that transforms an existing network into a social commons where ppl can learn, do research, and create groundbreaking wor... See more
It's a "network university," which is our fancy term for a new type of social institution: one that transforms an existing network into a social commons where ppl can learn, do research, and create groundbreaking wor... See more
Tyler Alterman • Tweet
The next HBR could be built by a startup. Edtech companies and fundraising platforms look well-positioned to run the Harvard playbook and create a durable, valuable media arm.
Mario Gabriele • Harvard, a Media Company | The Generalist
Schools charging $50,000/year or more (Brown, NYU) have value propositions that have been rendered untenable overnight. The elimination of the university experience is similar to SeaWorld without killer whales. Yeah, we get it … free Willy, but I’m not paying $450 to see otters and penguins. Also, we’re not paying $54,000 for Zoom classes.
Scott Galloway • Post Corona: Higher Ed, Part Deux | No Mercy / No Malice
Alabama football coach Nick Saban is known as one of the toughest coaches in the world. He demands a lot from his players and holds them to an extremely high standard.
While it has occasionally gotten him in trouble with the media, it has also led to one of the most legendary coaching runs in the sport.
One Saban idea that I can't stop thinking about... See more
While it has occasionally gotten him in trouble with the media, it has also led to one of the most legendary coaching runs in the sport.
One Saban idea that I can't stop thinking about... See more