Today, we’re releasing BUS305: Small Business Management on our iTunes U channel. And that got us thinking: variations on the word “entrepreneur” show up 137 times. But entrepreneurship doesn’t come easy, and it doesn’t come cheap. Back in April, our trustee, Michael Saylor, shared some of his thoughts on getting started in business: “You could call […]
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Good morning and happy Monday! This week we look at the perceived roles and values of the uses of technology in education. Technology’s many advances have helped shape the world that we learn from and live in today. But how will it shape our future? Today, we begin as most children do, with the wonderful […]
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We’re happy to announce the release of a free and open textbook, An Introductory Course in Elementary Number Theory, by Dr. Wissam Raji, Ph.D., of the American University in Beirut. Fuller details are here, and be sure to check out our Q&A with the author. Dr. Raji created this text in response to a need for […]
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There’s a legal phrase, cui bono, which means, roughly, “who benefits?” — it’s meant as a reminder to look at what people involved in a law case stand to gain. It’s a question, and a real question, that we can ask ourselves about pursuing a four-year college education. Diane Rehm (The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU American […]
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Good Morning and happy Monday! This week we see mixed emotions showing up across the world. From the UK to San Jose, CA, to the U.S. government, people are voicing their opinions. These voices are of both optimism and pessimism, uneasiness, and acceptance and rejection. We begin today with a little bit of optimism. Juan […]