There is a lot of debate about whether college is worth the investment, and many discount the value of a liberal arts degree at any price. While professional or pre-professional degrees, such as business or pre-law, often lead to high starting salaries, a January 2014 analysis of census data reports that “at peak earnings ages … Continue reading “Renaissance Futurism: Liberal Arts for the 21st Century”
Author: Nick Ducoff
Nick Ducoff currently serves as Northeastern University’s Vice President for New Ventures, incubating new business ideas to diversify revenue streams and advance a new model of higher education.
Previously, as Vice President for Content and Operations at Boundless, Nick led a distributed workforce of over 300 SMEs to grow content to 21 subjects while reducing production costs 67%. Boundless was acquired by Valore in 2015. Prior to Boundless, Nick co-founded Infochimps, raising $3 million and leading the company as its first CEO during the company's formative years. Infochimps was later acquired by CSC in 2013. Nick started his career as a venture capital attorney, representing startups and investors in over 25 financings raising over $250 million
Education in the Second Machine Age
We are in the early innings of a Second Machine Age—one relying on fewer people and more technology—yet we’re largely educating students for a bygone era. The (First) Machine Age, which is typically bracketed by the introduction of the automobile in the late 1880s and the invention of the transistor shortly after WWII, led to … Continue reading “Education in the Second Machine Age”
Intern Season is Here—But Companies Need A Better Hiring Strategy
It’s summer and that means intern season is in full swing. According to a recent Washington Post piece by Jeffrey Selingo, “More than 70 to 80 percent of new hires at big companies like Facebook, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and eBay come through their internship programs now, compared to about half or less just a decade ago.” … Continue reading “Intern Season is Here—But Companies Need A Better Hiring Strategy”