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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

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Traditional teaching uses class time to introduce students to concepts, which they then engage with on their own through homework. Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal.

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

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It was only in the ’70s that we started recruiting traditional-aged students onto a campus. It was changing our technology. We had to negotiate with our traditional faculty who really controlled what we could do and not do — to get a little bit of breathing space to do what we wanted to do. So it was always in our DNA.

EdTech 99
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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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At first, he looked into starting his own university through his foundation, Gibson writes in his book, “ Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University.” And he wrote the white paper for it around the time of that bagel meetup for the Thiel Fellowship. He was 19 years old at the time.

Economics 121
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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

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And there's the tougher question: "If remote education is worth the tuition, then what is the worth of college?" Five professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have some answers. But the professors who wrote the white paper plan to host a forum in November to further discuss the idea and build interest for it.

Sociology 145