Dale Stephens

UnCollege

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19-year-old founder of UnCollege, a social movement supporting self-directed higher education, and a among the first recipients of the Thiel Fellowship, that gives young people under 20 years old $100,000 to change the world

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With employment at 9.1 percent, even graduates of expensive four-year colleges are finding it hard to get jobs. Did they waste their time and their parents' money?

Preparing Americans for the 21st Century Workplace

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook, is awarding $100,000 fellowships to young people who drop out of college.

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook, is awarding $100,000 fellowships to young people who drop out of college.

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