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Rethinking Motivation In Education

BY Dale Stephens | 05-01-2012 | 9:00 AM | INNOVATION

Culture shock comes to the classroom in Doha, Qatar, where it's not enough to teach students that education can lead to a better life.READ MORE›

Alex Peake's "Code Hero": How To Scale Education The Right Way

BY Dale Stephens | 02-23-2012 | 12:28 PM | ETHONOMICS

Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens explains how "Does it scale?" applies to education.READ MORE›

Like Peter Thiel's Fellows, Sebastian Thrun Dropped Out, Hacked Education, Too

BY Dale Stephens | 02-10-2012 | 11:56 AM | ETHONOMICS

What the former Stanford professor-turned-independent educator teaches us about the new online power dynamic.READ MORE›

To Motivate Students, Make Them Give Away Their Rewards

BY Dale Stephens | 01-10-2012 | 12:09 PM | LEADERSHIP

Recently direct motivation systems have been gaining traction. Such systems--from websites to apps to college policies--could help students teach one another and give education a kick in the pants.READ MORE›

Education's Economics Of Scarcity

BY Dale Stephens | 11-29-2011 | 2:56 PM | ETHONOMICS

Colleges are beaches. People are walking and picking up degrees like seashells. As we hand out more and more degrees, each degree becomes less and less valuable. I’m amazed no one has pointed this out. READ MORE›

Why One Teen Dropped Out And Made Paris His Higher Education

BY Dale Stephens | 11-09-2011 | 4:17 PM | ETHONOMICS

A traditional college education--and the thousands of dollars in student debt--may not be for everyone. Thiel Fellow and education disruptor Dale Stephens takes a look at one teen who decided to forgo university and move to France.READ MORE›

How This College Dropout Wants To Change Education

BY Dale Stephens | 10-10-2011 | 11:06 AM | ETHONOMICS

Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Dale Stephens wants to shake up education, one page at a time.READ MORE›

What Has Being A Thiel Fellow Given Me? Credibility

BY Dale Stephens | 09-14-2011 | 11:55 AM | LEADERSHIP

Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Here, Stephens discusses just what he has gained from becoming a Fellow.READ MORE›

"Hacking Your Education," Coming To A Bookstore Near You

BY Dale Stephens | 08-18-2011 | 4:52 PM | LEADERSHIP

Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Here, Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens continues his story--by putting it on the written page.READ MORE›

Thiel Fellow Ben Yu Scrapped Harvard To Climb Kilimanjaro, Revolutionize Online Price Comparisons

BY Ben Yu | 07-22-2011 | 5:28 PM | LEADERSHIP

Dropping out of Harvard to climb Kilimanjaro, visit Buddha, and pose at Giza may seem like folly. But for Ben Yu--one of the Thiel Fellows bankrolled by Facebook investor Peter Thiel--it was the only way to get out of plain old Plainsfield, Ill., and into entrepreneurship.READ MORE›

Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens Drops Out (Of College), Moves In (To Silicon Valley), And Starts Up (Talent-Scouting RadMatter)

BY Dale Stephens | 07-18-2011 | 4:30 PM | ETHONOMICS

Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Here, the first in a series of blog entries for Fast Company by the inaugural class of Thiel Fellows. READ MORE›

Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start Businesses

BY Anya Kamenetz | 05-25-2011 | 4:01 PM | INNOVATION

It sounds like a reality show pitch: The legendary Facebook investor, PayPal founder, and thorn in the side of college deans everywhere announces what happens when 24 people, picked to live among mentors and innovation experts, stop going to school and start getting real--in business. READ MORE›