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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. It was only in the ’70s that we started recruiting traditional-aged students onto a campus. 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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At first, he looked into starting his own university through his foundation, Gibson writes in his book, “ Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University.” And he wrote the white paper for it around the time of that bagel meetup for the Thiel Fellowship. He was 19 years old at the time.

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