Dale J. Stephens: College Drop Out? Not Exactly.

Dales Stephens, unschooler and Thiel Fellow, finds the mediocre, cookie-cutter education typical of most colleges today does not justify the exorbitant and ever-rising costs of an expanding higher education system. Pretending to teach and pretending to learn is not good enough for Stephens, so he decided to hack his education. Understanding his model for learning is not for everyone, he is a champion for learning and finding success in life. 

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Dale J. Stephens

Dale J. Stephens brings a unique perspective on the future of education, talent, and innovation.  At 19, Dale leads UnCollege, a social movement that applies the methods of unschooling—the self-directed brand of homeschooling with which he was raised—to the realm of higher education. In May 2011 Dale was selected out of hundreds of individuals around the world as a Thiel Fellow.  The Thiel Fellowship recognizes the top changemakers around the world under the age of twenty. He is currently writing on a book about the opportunity cost of going to college and how to create your education from the world.

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