Coolican: The non-signaling value of North American education is vastly overstated
D'Arcy Coolican · What's Next for Education Startups · Jan 10, 2019 · at 39:59
Darcy Coolican, partner at a16z, shares a contrarian belief about the value of higher education during an education startup panel.
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“I do believe that the at least in the United States and Canada, the value of education beyond signaling is overvalued and overstated.”
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