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Daniel Lieberman: ‘Dieting is a disaster for everyone’
Interview by Ian Tucker, theguardian.comHarvard’s professor of human evolutionary biology explains why obesity is the major 21st-century problem – and why we are ill-equipped to deal with it
Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard and has published…
(via The New Science of Building Great Teams – Harvard Business Review)
2U One-Ups MOOCs, Coursera, Now Offers Online Undergrad Courses From Top Schools For Credit
Rip Empson, techcrunch.comFour years after it launching its first graduate program with USC, 2U today has announced its foray into undergraduate education through a new program called Semester Online. The company will be powering a virtual classroom…
Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?
Carole Cadwalladr, guardian.co.ukPublishing, music, shopping, journalism – all revolutionised by the internet. Next in line? Education. Now US academics are offering world-class tuition – free – to anyone who can log on, anywhere in the world, is this the end of campus life?
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Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them”
Rip Empson, techcrunch.comIf you get the opportunity to hear Clayton Christensen hold court, seize it. Christensen is a Harvard Business School professor and renowned author and innovation expert, perhaps best known for his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” wh…
Personal Genome Project – Homepage.
Yikes. His conclusion is that MBA students at Harvard insecure overachievers and “a factory of unhappy people”.
Buzz factor – The Boston Globe.
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