Teaching analytics with modern Excel
This post continues some thoughts I shared last week on higher education. Read the first post here.Get DematerializedLast week, I drew an analogy between Uber and higher education. I argued that …
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Education Suffers from Yellow Checker SyndromeJames Altucher is a "digital mentor" of mine. He even answers some of my texts. If you know anything about him, he does not believe in college. I agree …
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I am a late adopter of technology. Indeed, I just got my first smartphone this summer. (Go ahead and interrogate me in the comments.)Having a smartphone has taught me about the nature of competition …
A while back, I gave a brief plug for Indiana University (IU)'s online certificate in business analytics, a program I recently completed. I've received several follow-up questions on this …
I read Kevin Carey’s The End of College, a surprisingly controversial book. Carey lists the flaws of American higher education and predicts how "creative destruction" will upend it. These …
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With Apple, Uber, and other tech-savvy companies making big product announcements this time of year, you may have overlooked an anniversary. This week marks the 35th anniversary of the spreadsheet.I …
