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paul.kedrosky.com - 9/11/2009
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How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education ( Source ) Update: Influenza Activity --- United States, April--August 2009 ( Source ) Coupon Enthusiasts Drive Up Redemption Rates ( Source ) Smith & Wesson and betting on – or against – Obama hatred ( Source )  ...

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CARPE DIEM:  Traditional Universities May Be Irrelevant by 2020

FT Alphaville:  Further reading

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Traditional Universities May Be Irrelevant by 2020
CARPE DIEM — ... remix. The architects of education 2.0 predict that traditional universities that cling to the string-quartet model will find themselves on the wrong side of history, alongside newspaper chains and record stores. "If universities can't find the will to innovate and adapt to changes in the world around them," professor David Wiley of Brigham Young University has written, "universities will be irrelevant by 2020." HT: Paul Kedrosky via Mark Dodson ...

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FT Alphaville — ... Mack Just Get ‘Shot?” - And Mack’s $13.5m New York carriage house . - Contrarian alert : Small investors are back in stocks. - “By the time you finish reading this piece , you will know from where VaR comes”. - Tarp-tastic : 6,400 words from Vanity Fair. - Peston ’s on the APS. - How many hours of work are required to purchase S&P? - MEW and the wealth effect . - Betting on - or against - Obama hatred . - Further, further reading .

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