Salman Khan’s Commencement address (MIT)
_Below is the prepared text of the Commencement address by Salman Khan ’98,
MEng ‘98, founder of the Khan Academy, for MIT’s 146th Commencement held June
8, 2012._
It is truly a deep honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the
best years of my life here, but it has proven to continue to define my life in
countless ways.
Many of you may not remember, but in the late 1990s and early 2000s, many
corporations and universities were exploring how they could profit or protect
themselves from online education. Then MIT stepped in the mix and launched MIT
OpenCourseWare. As powerful as the offering had the potential to be, MIT’s
rationale for it was even more powerful. MIT was implicitly saying that some
things are more important than profit or any strategic concerns. Even if it
would cost the Institute potential revenues, MIT had the moral clarity to
realize that if it could give access to knowledge to people around the world
for free, it should and would.
I was busy working at a startup in San Francisco when the announcement came
out in 2001. I had no idea …
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