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PROFILE: Diana E. E. Kleiner, Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator, Open Yale Courses

by Emmanuel Quartey

Diana E.E. Kleiner, Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator, Open Yale Courses; Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics, Yale University.

If you’re curious about the changing nature of higher-ed, you absolutely can’t afford to miss this fantastic interview with, Diana E.E. Kleiner as she discusses the lessons learned from spearheading the Open Yale Courses project. Near the end, she also hints at a fascinating new initiative from OYC.

This post is particularly topical because OYC announced the addition of SEVEN new courses today, which coincides with the publication of the first three books in The Open Yale Courses Series - the result of a collaboration between OYC and the Yale University Press!

The Inconveniences of Spotify

by Henry Furman

The marquee innovation in the music industry in the past twelve months, Spotify, has changed everything. Since July, American users have had a majority of the world’s music at their fingertips. All for free, making the potential for discovery and thorough appreciation endless. But what does this mean for the money and time we’ve put into our personal music collections?