Subject: Two Can't-Miss Forums Free To Stanford Alumni

From: Stanford Alumni Education <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 18:24:16 -0700

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Whether you enjoy a vigorous academic exercise or just try to keep pace with current events, I think the courses offered by our alumni education partner AllLearn will interest you.   

AllLearn lets you stretch your mental muscles along with like-minded alumni from Yale and Oxford.  In fact, AllLearn courses are developed by faculty from Stanford, Yale and Oxford and are offered online so that you may study anywhere—whether you are within a stone’s throw of the Farm or farther afield. 

I invite you to take a look at the courses below—two of which are offered free to Stanford alumni—and I hope to see you online this summer.

Cindy Pearson, '80, MA '82
Director of Alumni Programs
Stanford Alumni Association
www.stanfordalumni.org

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Featured Courses
* What Went Wrong in Iraq: An Insider's View
* Risky Business: Real Estate and Social Security on the Brink?
* Mastering the Essay - New Online High School Writing Workshop

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What Went Wrong in Iraq: An Insider's View
http://www.alllearn.org/email/index.jsp?T=stanford0505a&F=4564

Forum with Stanford professor Larry Diamond
June 21, 2005

Stanford Professor Larry Diamond is uniquely qualified to understand what is happening in Iraq. As the American occupation reached a turning point in November 2003, Condoleezza Rice personally asked him, even though he had not supported the war, to serve as advisor to the American occupation authorities. Diamond spent the next three months inside the Green Zone helping to draft an interim constitution and lay the groundwork for the transition from dictatorship to democracy. This experience allowed him to see firsthand the nature, structure, and many key decisions of the American occupation of Iraq, and thus why the road to democracy has been rocky at best.

Discuss the path to democracy in Iraq—where it has been, where it is now, and where it is going.

Fee:  This event is sponsored by AllLearn and the Stanford Alumni Association and free to Stanford Alumni

Class size is limited, please sign up early.

>> Enroll on-line now
http://www.alllearn.org/email/index.jsp?T=stanford0505a&F=4564

Note: In order to participate for free, select "Enroll" from the course description page and then, on the following page, enter iraq100 in the promotion code field.
 
For information on other upcoming free forums, sign up for AllLearn's monthly newsletter at [email-masked].

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Risky Business: Real Estate and Social Security on the Brink?
http://www.alllearn.org/email/index.jsp?T=stanford0505a&F=4563

Forum with Yale professor Robert Shiller
June 14, 2005

Author of "Irrational Exuberance," Shiller argues that the same "irrational exuberance" that inflated the stock market in the late 1990s has spread to the real estate market, creating a boom that may be followed by declining home prices for years to come. 

In his recent work, "The New Financial Order: Risk in the 21st Century," Shiller asks is Social Security really in crisis? If so, will personal accounts fix the problem, or are there other solutions? 

Fee: This forum is free to alumni of Oxford, Stanford and Yale

Class size is limited, please sign up early.

>> Enroll on-line now
http://www.alllearn.org/email/index.jsp?T=stanford0505a&F=4563

Note:  to participate for free, select "Enroll" from the course description page and then, on the following page, enter business100 in the promotion code field.

For information on other upcoming free forums, sign up for AllLearn’s monthly newsletter at [email-masked].

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Mastering the Essay - New Online High School Writing Workshop
http://www.alllearn.org/email/index.jsp?T=stanford0505a&HS=1

Have a child with a passion for writing? Know a high school student who is preparing for college? This summer AllLearn is launching Mastering the Essay, an innovative six-week workshop that teaches students essential skills that will improve their writing now and throughout their academic and professional careers. 

>> To learn more about the course, and to read student and parent responses to the 2004 program, please visit:

http://www.alllearn.org/email/index.jsp?T=stanford0505a&HS=1). 

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Contact AllLearn

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** Please note, if you have already enrolled and paid for a forum, please contact us and we will gladly refund your tuition.

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