On: Joi Ito Named Director of the MIT Media Lab

[3dFlatLander]

His wiki page indicates he's a "doctoral candidate in Business Administration." Also interesting, it seems he's a godson of Timothy Learys.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito#Later_life

[2] http://www.leary.com/joiito/

[omnivore → 3dFlatLander]

He still never finished an undergraduate degree. He dropped out of Tufts and U. Chicago.

[_delirium → omnivore]

True, but his new job won't have much to do with undergraduate degrees; the Media Lab is a research-only lab that doesn't have an undergraduate program (some of the profs do also teach in MIT's undergraduate programs, but in that capacity they'll report to someone other than Ito).

[arethuza → omnivore]

It's rare to complete a PhD without having a first degree of any kind - but it's not unknown.