Posted 2/24/2024, 10:09:00 PM
Thiel expands controversial program paying students $100K to skip college
- Peter Thiel is giving $100,000 to 20 more young people to skip college and pursue entrepreneurial projects instead
- Thiel started the fellowship program in 2010 and has provided over $100,000 to over 270 people so far
- Thiel believes the American college system is not for everyone and wants to provide an alternative path
- The program has attracted criticism from education leaders like former Harvard President Larry Summers
- Thiel has multiple college degrees himself but thinks universities today are too "woke"