Sat.Dec 21, 2024

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Tech Investor Cathie Wood Bets on Crypto

Higher Education Inquirer

Cathie Wood , once the largest shareholder in 2U with ARK Invest , is also a major crypto investor. Wood believes that Bitcoin could top $1M by 2030. With US government guardrails weakened in the coming months, it should be interesting to watch the crypto boom and what happens after that, not just in the economy, but in society. Schools like the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame have written positively about the use of crypto , discussing the downsides as an afterthought.

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Brand or Bust: How Universities Can Thrive in the Face of Crisis

HEPI

Today’s weekend reading is by Zeenat Fayaz , Director of Brand & Strategy at The Brand Education, and Brian MacDonald , Chief Creative Officer and a co-founder at Zillion. Pandemics, enrolment cliffs, budgets, student mental health, social media disinformation: higher education in crisis, globally, and it sometimes feels like crises are the new normal.