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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

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But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. We were very much influenced by the book “Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence.” Will you release a white paper, or tools?

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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And he wrote the white paper for it around the time of that bagel meetup for the Thiel Fellowship. And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college. You may not know that name, but in the tech world, he’s now a big deal.

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