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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. And the Navy said, rightly, every time we put a ship out to sea, all of those sailors are suddenly college dropouts. 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. They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. You may not know that name, but in the tech world, he’s now a big deal. Lots of people see this as a world-changing idea.

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