I absolutely love this.
By combining the principles of "radical openness" and of "leveraging the power of ideas to change the world," TED is in the process of creating something brand new. I would go as far as to argue that it's creating a new Harvard -- the first new top-prestige education brand in more than 100 years.--says Anya Kamenetz for fastcompany.com
The link to entire article is here: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/148/how-ted-became-the-new-harvard.html
Roger