Posted on 12/14/2023 11:17:00 AM PST by RandFan
Elon Musk has plans to open a new university in Texas, according to tax filings.
Bloomberg reported the filings show Musk donated $100m to his charity, The Foundation, to establish a primary and secondary Stem school in Austin – and later to seek accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges for launching a university.
The Foundation said the curriculum for the school and university would “combine formal instruction by experienced faculty in subjects such as mathematics, science, engineering and physics, alongside hands-on learning experience including simulations, case studies, fabrication/design projects, and labs”.
The school initially aims to enroll 50 students, admitted based on merit.
“The school does not want the inability to pay tuition or fees to be a barrier for students. Thus, if a student is admitted to the school, tuition and financial support will be provided to the extent of available resources,” the tax filing says.
It adds that the school will primarily be funded through donations and tuition fees.
In a 2015 interview in Beijing, Musk revealed he enrolled his five children in Ad Astra, now called Astra Nova, another non-profit experimental school that he founded in Hawthorne, California, on the campus of his company SpaceX.
Musk moved to Texas in 2020 after criticizing California’s Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area for having an “outsized influence in the world”. In 2021 he moved Tesla headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, and SpaceX also has a large testing facility in McGregor, Texas.
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There will 500,000 applications for every opening.
Sounds a bit like Embry Riddle U.
Maybe it was similar back in the 70s. It was affordable for a poor kid like me or someone on the GI Bill. In the 80s it became a rich kids school. But, the quality of education was hard to match.
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There will 500,000 applications for every opening.
498,000 deadbeats
with only POC getting in
I have read several books wherein this concept was explored. Since gubermint schools don’t seem to be producing the high quality talent that will be needed in STEM vocations in the future, corporations will step in and provide education to qualified kids. In return the kids will commit to working for a participating corporation for some period of time. Of course some will call this ‘indentured servitude’ of a type but if the kid’s contract contains protection and/or buy-out provisions, it would be a fair trade. The corps get folks trained in what the corp needs, the kids get a good education, and the flow of imported foreigners slows.
Oh don’t think so
Go to SX’s website and look at the Careers section.
They ask you
- HS GPA
- SAT, ACT scores
- Coll GPA
- GRE scores
- Grad school GPA
It’s a ruthless screen for credentials, and I can only imagine what the interviews are like. SX is known for being hyper intense.
Example
https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/6854071002?gh_jid=6854071002#app
This is for engineering
The school will be the same most likely
Sounds like a great opportunity for students in Austin.
And No F’n college sports.
Unless the school has a foundational philosophical, ethical and moral ethos, it will be nothing more than a common trade school.
He moved out of California due to the wackadoodles to move to wackadoodle Austin, TX.
I think he’s not impressed with education standards
Yeah nice try by the article to pretend it didnt have more to do with poop in the streets and the safety of their employees. ....
Sounds like a good idea - base it on merit - and not on family connections and you've got a potential winnah for all.
taught by real people that have real world work experience in their field if i had to guess...
or Kettering....
He keeps doing good things with his money recently. I’m onboard with this. I don’t care about electric cars, but his recent track record with Space X and X is welcome and amazing.
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