While Thrun remains tangentially connected to Stanford as a part-time research professor overseeing the work of select grad students, he teaches primarily through his Udacity startup.

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Forbes recently put Thrun, a German-born Google vice president and part-time computer science professor at Stanford, on the cover of the magazine.

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In the last year, MOOCs have been growing fast, with several start-ups, including Udacity, founded by Sebastian Thrun, a German-born Google vice president and part-time Stanford computer science professor, edX, a collaboration between Harvard and M.

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Christopher Thomas is an American executive and professor living part-time in both California and China.

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They hated that their mother was often gone, juggling a couple low-paying part-time jobs, including being an adjunct professor.

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Professor Jefferys had put Botmeh forward to be interviewed five years ago as a part-time casual administrative worker on a temporary contract, despite his criminal record, the union said.

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