A few things: - Thiel really hates that college puts undergraduates in serious debt. Stanford doesn't -- take a look at its financial aid. - When someone dec

A few things: - Thiel really hates that college puts undergraduates in serious debt. Stanford doesn't -- take a look at its financial aid. - When someone decides to drop out to pursue a startup or stay in school, it's often not just about the "value" they think education has. Travis Kiefer is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur: he can survive on the adrenaline of his company until it succeeds. He lives for this. I considered senior year with my best friends a once in a lifetime opportunity and didn't drop out. I live for this. - This startup class shouldn't surprise anyone from Stanford's perspective. It has encouraged entrepreneurship forever -- there will even be an entrepreneurship themed dorm next year -- and Thiel is as good as any to teach it. - Zuckerberg routinely appears as a guest lecturer in CS106A, the introductory CS class. - As an aside, Stanford can sell out a football game, and the stuff about Khosla's daughters is way exaggerated (I was quoted).