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Entrepreneurship Program Gives Former Prostitutes a Fresh Start
- kposehn 14y agoThings like this keep faith in humanity alive.
- cajuntrep 14y agoAfter reading the title I wanted to write something funny, but after reading the article, I just couldn't do it. This is awesome. I think the biggest thing they're doing is instilling confidence which will bring you a long way!
- drucken 14y agoKeep in mind Imperial College London is something like the 3rd best (academically ranked) university in the UK and in the top 30 in the world. Could anything like this ever happen at, e.g. MIT or Stanford?
- CurtMonash 14y agoSure it could, although I don't think it has yet, which is why this particular story was newsworthy. At the extreme, it's actually easier to gain admittance to, say, Harvard College or Yale Law School with unusual credentials than it might be at a school ranked 25-50, because the latter are trying to prove themselves while the former know they already have it made. Harvard Business School and others have all sorts of programs for specialized constituencies, not necessarily well-educated ones (e.g. athletes). Harvard Extension educates lots of people who'd never get into an elite institution in the normal course of business. And now of course we also have the MOOC distance learning efforts. ----------------------------- Edit: Phillip Brooks House at Harvard has, in large part, a similar orientation, with lots of mentoring and tutoring of those who need it, from poor kids to prisoners. http://pbha.org/ http://pbha.org/
- dantheman 14y agoHarvard extesnion school is a community college run by Harvard. Anyone can take classes there all you have to do is sign up, it's a great resource they provide to the community. IIRC it's ~900$ per class without credit and ~2000$ per class for credit.
- jkuria 14y agoLike one of the other commenter's I also think it could happen in a top college in the states. After all, there was Yale's Taliban Man not so long ago. From some accounts this guy presided over beheadings in his teens but Yale was afraid of "losing him to Harvard" and he studied on a full scholarship! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114308141670605970.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114308141670605970.html I think prostitutes are a step above!
- samstave 14y agoIn related news, Silicon Valley VCs spotted hanging out at the Clift's Redwood Room in search of new talent.
- anon4678 14y agoSomeone should tell Adria Richards about this.
- runawaybottle 14y agoReminds me of: http://video.pbs.org/video/2296683172/ http://video.pbs.org/video/2296683172/