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"The Start-up of You," or The Future and Its Friends

Last week, I devoured Reid Hoff­man & Ben Cas­nocha’s brand new book, “The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Your­self, and Trans­form your Career.” It couldn’t have come out at a more appro­pri­ate time for me per­son­ally, given that I have aban­doned aca­d­e­mic aspi­ra­tions, left grad school, quit a bor­ing pub­lish­ing job, …

March 15, 2012 – 12:55 pm | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in book reviews, economics-ish, technology, work | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

business-izing higher ed: I’m not scared

A few days back, this post about higher ed in the UK appeared over on one of my favorite blogs, Fem­i­nist Philoso­phers. Here’s the big quote: “Busi­ness sec­re­tary wants stu­dents and par­ents to be treated more like cus­tomers in pro­pos­als to over­haul higher edu­ca­tion.” The orig­i­nal poster wor­ries that “uni­ver­si­ties get put under a great …

November 6, 2009 – 10:27 am | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in economics-ish, education, politics & political, teaching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)