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the cattle ranch theory of higher education
Deep Springs College educates 26 students per year on a working cattle ranch. The New York Times, staffed almost exclusively by graduates of the elite…
 • Adil Husain
the twenty five years
A residential college gives you the conditions. The rest is on you. On what Middlebury gave me, what it didn't, and what I only understood twenty-five…
 • Adil Husain
You Can't Wear a Certificate
The AP x Swatch Royal Pop drops this week. What it reveals about Coursera, Emeritus, and everyone who lists Harvard Business School on their LinkedIn…
 • Adil Husain
Did the viral neuroscientist video blame the wrong culprit?
Over 2.5 million views. A compelling villain. And a body of evidence that tells a very different story.
 • Adil Husain
Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.
Earlier this year we published contrarian theses on two publicly traded companies. One is up 40%. One is down 50%. We called it correctly. Here is how…
 • Adil Husain
the problem with "fit"
The narrative shortchanges ambitious college-bound students and their parents
 • Adil Husain
the breakthroughs we'll never have
Foreign students don't only “fill seats” - they fuel America’s labs, patents, and next-gen companies
 • Adil Husain
the harvard shockwave
A Survival Playbook for Universities Under Attack
 • Adil Husain
the undergrad experience that matters
Why the post-AI $80K/yr Classroom Still Has a Future
 • Adil Husain
the death of fluency
Language Learning after AI
 • Adil Husain
america's most lucrative export is at risk
The $43.8 billion higher education export that needs to be protected.
 • Adil Husain
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