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

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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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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers

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elementary, middle and high schools, and the results were striking. Dr. Evans highlighted a high school student from one of the studys focus groups who took his request one step further when he asked, Why arent all our textbooks in large print?

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

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And how is that impacting the choices young people are making about what to do after high school? And he wrote the white paper for it around the time of that bagel meetup for the Thiel Fellowship. And families across many income brackets are more open to waiting on college or skipping it altogether.

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How Educators Are Leading the Future of Learning With AI Initiatives

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AI is a tool to lighten the load so teachers can focus on the more important things in education like building relationships with their students. At Anaheim High School, both students and teachers are exploring AI.