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March 10, 2006
Variety post
A few different thoughts today:NHL Trade deadline
Oh Oilers, how I love you.
We're really making a run for the cup this year. It's fantastic that we have a bit more stability between the pipes and a bit more of a scoring punch after these trades. Way to go, Lowe.
London Interview
Reading over the Business Week b-school forums, some people have started describing their Round 2 interview experiences. It seems like the consensus is that London's interview is different from those of other schools in very much the same way that I described it. I'm happy to see that my experience with the school hasn't just been limited to me.
London Business School is impressing me more and more. I hope London feels I would belong there.
Tuition in Ontario to be raised by up to 8%
So the tuition freeze is over in Ontario and Universities have taken it upon themselves to raise tuition by a couple hundred dollars a year. I guess it's not surprising, given that undergrad classes are purely a cash grab for most schools. There have to be more ways of funding other than squeezing students.
Universities are a nexus of knowledge. Nowhere else can I think of a situation where such a wide variety of intelligent specialists exist in such close proximity. Maybe it was because I was such a lazy student, but I don't seem to remember any real cross-disciplinary interactions from my undergrad. It would be amazing if the sociology department could find a suitable demographic in order to help pharmacology do a study on a small molecule that will eventually be marketed by the faculty of business.
Using these cross-disciplinary innovations commercially could make that particular university a much more lucritive place to be. It could create much more efficient approaches for tackling academic problems as well as creating a competitive advantage for the University. Aside from leveraging the nexus as another possible revenue stream, the potential for innovation is huge. People of varying expertise examining issues in other disciplines through their respective lenses could come up with fantastic alternatives. It would have to be possible with the tool set with which they're equipped though - an art historian would have a hell of a time using his expertise to explain why a strain of bacteria isn't streaking so well on a dish. I'm sure it's happening in a limited capacity, I wonder if there's any institution applying this in a macro capacity.
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