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    • Failure Made Walt Disney Great

      Failure Made Walt Disney Great1

      December 15, 2016, will mark the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s passing. Half a century later, I vividly recall the intense sadness I felt when I learned, at age 13, that he had died. It was as though I had lost a close member of the family. I doubt that I ever missed a single

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    • Stanford Dean: 8 Basic Skills We’re Failing to Teach Young People

      Stanford Dean: 8 Basic Skills We’re Failing to Teach Young People0

      Last week, former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims made a list of eight skills which every 18-year-old should possess. The list ran as follows: An 18-year-old must be able to talk to strangers. An 18-year-old must be able to find his or her way around. An 18-year-old must be able to manage his assignments, workload, and

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    • The Reason Why Universities Don’t Give Their Students Challenging Texts

      The Reason Why Universities Don’t Give Their Students Challenging Texts0

      In a recent article for The Times Higher Education, a variety of university professors from Great Britain and Australia note a common theme in today’s students: an inability to read anything of length or depth. Take, for example, the following quotes: “Our undergraduates – and postgraduate students as well – seem mainly not to be

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