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29 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Glen Weyl on Fighting COVID-19 and the Role of the Academic Expert

“I don’t know if that’s higher education, really, though, because it’s a little more research.”

— Glen Weyl

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Glen Weyl
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29 Apr 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Let’s say you’re applying your ideas on mechanism design to higher education. In general, what would you change? One thing I’ve thought about quite a bit has been the evaluation of people for tenure and some of the publications stuff. I don’t know if that’s higher education, really, though, because it’s a little more research. Part of it. I’ll ask about students next, but what’s your idea for that?…

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