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title: edX featured on Colbert Report
description: Anant Agarwal, president of edX, was interviewed by Stephen Colbert. Anant described how edX and its courses increase access to higher education around the world, improve the on-campus experience for
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# [edX featured on Colbert Report](https://press.edx.org/edx-featured-on-colbert-report)

 Written by [edX Press](https://press.edx.org/author/press) | July 24, 2013

Read this Article from Stephen Colbert on Colbert Report:  
[edX featured on Colbert Report](http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428046/july-24-2013/anant-agarwal)

[View full post](https://press.edx.org/edx-featured-on-colbert-report)

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