Thought this article was vaguely relevant to our guest speaker today and the power of audio content, in general.
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More Clicks, Fewer Bricks (Podcast)
Nice debate on both sides of the MOOC v. traditional institution of education. Intelligence Squared is one of my favorite podcasts. Balanced arguments FTW.
http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/more-clicks-fewer-bricks-lecture-hall-obsolete
Why Google doesn’t care about hiring top college graduates
Google has spent years analyzing who succeeds at the company, which has moved away from a focus on GPAs, brand name schools, and interview brain teasers.
In a conversation with The New York Times’ Tom Friedman, Google’s head of people operations, Laszlo Bock, detailed what the company looks for. And increasingly, it’s not about credentials.
Link here: http://qz.com/180247/why-google-doesnt-care-about-hiring-top-college-graduates/