A Discussion with Ben Nelson (Part 1): Founder of the Minerva Project and Minerva University
New Books in Education
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How Did You Come Up With That Idea?
i got the idea when i was an undergraduate, and realized that the american university isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing. But at the same time, i also realize that universities are extraordinarily hierarchical. And so, you know, harvard or stanford could do something that is massively idiotic and destructive with in 12 months, every university on the planet would do the exact same thing. This has repeated itself over and over and over again in history, for the good and for the bad.
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