# How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-a-billionaires-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-colleges-value/
- Published: 2023-12-15T10:00:35-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: Peter Thiel started his unusual fellowship program 13 years ago, paying grants to young people who agreed to forgo college for at least two years to work on a company or world-changing project. Oxford Union YouTube. Article by Jeffrey R. Young. EdSurge – December 12, 2023. The year was 2010, and Michael Gibson found himself on the first day of a research job at a hedge fund run by the controversial billionaire Peter Thiel. Gibson had little experience in finance. His major had been philosophy, and he had nearly completed a Ph.D. in it at Oxford University. At the time he was working as a freelance tech journalist. […] Click here to view original web page at www.edsurge.com