Sebastian Thrun

Udacity

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Co-founder of Udacity, research professor at Stanford University and a Vice President at Google

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Tuition and other expenses have gone up so much there's now a consensus that higher education costs too much, at the same time it's more necessary than ever.

Rising Cost and the Future of Higher Education

Tuition and other expenses have gone up so much there's now a consensus that higher education costs too much, at the same time it's more necessary than ever.

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