Tag: College
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On Being an Entrepreneur: A Maker’s Manifesto
Below is an excerpt of an essay I wrote for Flyover Geeks. Read the whole thing here. As the (very) unofficial higher-education reporter for Flyover Geeks, I’ve said a lot about college, what’s wrong with it, some of its good bits, and how it needs to change. The first piece I published here was about…
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College Tuition: LOL! WTF?
Today, as I was looking at my Twitter feed, a message seized my attention. #UChicago University announces increases in education cost and financial aid for 2011-12 http://bit.ly/eVmpcY — UChicago News (@UChicagoNews) March 21, 2011 Apparently, according to the article, “The total cost of undergraduate education for the 2011-12 school year will be $55,416; of that…
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An Observation Regarding Truth & Competence
“Being labeled ‘correct’ or ‘true’ is very. uhhh, pre-postmodern. You know better than to make such judgments. Now, I suppose, one could only call someone ‘legitimate’. It’s not the same thing. So, it seems, my goal is not to be objectively, verifiably correct; instead, it suffices to merely speak and/or write as though what I’m…
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Some Quotes & The Halcyon Days Goes on Academic Lockdown
Such is the life of a student. In the coming 168 hours, I have to write more than 40 pages. One of the papers, about the future of the intellectual in the age of the blog, is worthy of publication on The Halcyon Days, but the others are exceedingly, brutally dry. They are, like certain…
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An Excerpt from My Upcoming Kindle Release
Here’s an excerpt from a longish (~2500-3000 word) essay I’m writing for publication as a Kindle Book. It frames current belief in the college degree vis-a-vis traditional monotheistic religions’ value systems, and critiques it thusly. Do enjoy: Other doctrines with similar promises of deliverance (from evil, which is defined by each organization) have since emerged…
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A Modest Proposal
Saying that one “must have a B.A. or its equivalent to apply” is akin to signage in the early 1900s stating that “Irish need not apply”. It’s merely discrimination on the basis of social constructs, one on the basis of ethnicity and the other a basis of credibility. A further parallel can be drawn between…
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On Redefining Intellectual Entrepreneurship
The intellectual entrepreneur is one who develops, researches, discovers, or learns in order to fulfill objectives beyond the attainment of credentials, approval of peers, or furthering of career goals in a manner or process primarily outside the bounds of extant educational institutions, systems, and pedagogies.
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On Realism and Graduate School Applications
I applied and was denied admission to the University of Chicago’s Masters Program in Social Sciences summarily and without review of my application. This was, to a certain extent, expected. I am a third-year. I spoke with one of my professors, a well-known political scientist at the U of C, about my denial from the…
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The Upstart’s Conundrum: Time Crunch
College entrepreneurs around the country are at once impelled by their institutions to “innovate” and launch ventures, yet stymied by organizational structures and other systemic constraints that render college an inopportune time to gain entrepreneurial experience.