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Can a Group of MIT Professors Turn a White Paper Into a New Kind of College?

ED Surge

A group of professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology dropped a provocative white paper in September that proposed a new kind of college that would address some of the growing public skepticism of higher education. This week, they took the next step toward bringing their vision from idea to reality.

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OPINION: Kindergarten is more than preparation for first grade, and we need to take it back

The Hechinger Report

As the white paper “ Taking Back Kindergarten: Rethinking Rigor for Young Learners ” discusses, a rigorous approach to kindergarten does not have to be at odds with developmentally appropriate education. The World Economic Forum reports that while some fields are growing and others are not, nearly all are changing.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Given current circumstances, Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, has decided to teach his fall course, “Economic History of Europe,” for a salary of $1. Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U.

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XPRIZE: The Real Winners? Underserved Adult Learners

Digital Promise

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 36 million adults in this country read at or below a third grade level — a staggering statistic. It has spurred the publication of white papers, launch of incubators and conferences, as well as interest amongst journalists and advocacy groups.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

ED Surge

And he wrote the white paper for it around the time of that bagel meetup for the Thiel Fellowship. And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college. You may not know that name, but in the tech world, he’s now a big deal.

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Moving from Challenges to Solutions: The Future of Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Two guiding considerations framed the session’s Investigate phase: how to structure the economics of micro-credentials and how to streamline micro-credential messaging. Participants also considered the financial structures and communication strategies behind micro-credentials in the valuing micro-credentials session.

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

ED Surge

We were very much influenced by the book “Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence.” Will you release a white paper, or tools? AI hallucinations aside, we're losing that race pretty quickly. It's written by three economists out of the University of Toronto. We think we'll have research and tools.

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