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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Private College President: Please, Save Us From Our Own Wasteful Ways!

“If we’re going to change our ways, we’re really going to need to be pushed,” Mr. Diver said, referring to colleges generally. “It’s not going to well up from within.”
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    My new book, DIY U:Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education (buy it here), will be published by Chelsea Green in April 2010. I'm a staff writer for Fast Company Magazine and the author of the book Generation Debt. I've written a Generation Debt column as a featured Yahoo! Finance expert. I've also written for publications ranging from New York Times and the Village Voice to ReadyMade magazine and Mental Floss.

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