I attended MIT for undergrad and then again a few years later for MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO). LGO has a fantastic model that should be rolled out across the institute of having industry partnerships which supplement education. LGO has...
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4/3/13
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I think one of the inherent flaws of online education is that it's hard to produce physical results, which is especially important for engineers. MIT's motto is mens et manus, and it's a motto that's more rooted in reality than most universities'. As...
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4/3/13
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One of our macro goals in the community is to retain the talent that we gather here at MIT from around the world. The more students are integrated into the life of the wider Cambridge/Boston community while they are here, the better. As such,...
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4/3/13
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When I was a student at Sloan (SM'95) and later teaching at Sloan, some of my most powerful experiences came from being on the road with small teams. I went with teams for a week plus to Mexico, Argentina/Chile, and Singapore, and took a team of my...
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4/3/13
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I think that having live lectures is becoming more obsolete. I think the most valuable learning experiences happen when professors, TA's and students are interacting directly. Lectures can be recorded and put online. Then instead of lecturing,...
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4/3/13
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MIT would accept applications from entrepreneurs who wish to come to MIT to create new companies. Each entrepreneur would agree to give at least one seminar on entrepreneurship each semester. These entrepreneurs would be self funded or funded by...
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4/3/13
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Both on-campus and online learning have advantages in how people learn, cost of education, accessibility, etc. The future MIT must combine the best on-campus experience with the best virtual experience offering the right material, through the right...
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4/3/13
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Plenty of learning takes place outside the classroom, library, or lab. Who you live with, where you live, and how you live with others matters. In class you will learn how to solve some differential equations or write some code. Outside of class...
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4/3/13
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This is small, but I find it very frustrating that course evaluations are due DURING exam period. It is a busy time and I never do the evaluations because I need to be studying, but I'd love to contribute feedback on courses. Why can't we have...
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4/3/13
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One of the most powerful aspects of my MIT education was the residential experience. Filling one's head with facts from an on-line course would duplicate about 50% of the MIT experience. Education is about more than just collecting facts - there is...
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