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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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Educator Micro-credentials are Grounded in Research

Digital Promise

Grounding micro-credentials in research is central to their gaining acceptance in the field. Digital Promise’s new white paper examines how the organization has ensured the content of micro-credentials and the process for earning them are anchored in rigorous research. Digital Promise is the gold standard. …

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Call for Applications: 2025 Research Development Group for Early-Career Scholars from Southeast Asia | Deadline: February 16

Political Science Now

The program offers an opportunity to advance research towards publication, participate in the APSA annual meeting, and develop scholarly networks with colleagues. Application Instructions Applicants must be working on an article-length research project that is at a stage of development which would benefit from intense discussion and critique.

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

ED Surge

According to new research from Project Tomorrow and Thorndike Press from Gale, part of Cengage Group, large print books can improve students reading achievement levels and attitudes toward reading. Although large print may not be the standard for textbooks (yet), it has appealed to a wide range of students.

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

ED Surge

mainly comes in a few fixed shapes and sizes: the research university, the liberal arts college, the community college, the technical college. If you don’t come up with a different structure with different incentives, things won’t change,” Sanjay Sarma, an MIT professor who led the creation of the white paper, told EdSurge in an interview. “If

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PROOF POINTS: Nearly six out of 10 middle and high school grades are wrong, study finds

The Hechinger Report

The discrepancy matters, the white paper says, because inaccurate grades make it harder to figure out which students are prepared for advanced coursework or ready for college. Grading practices are an area where schools and teachers could really use some research on what works.

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How to Integrate Computational Thinking with “Look Fors”

Digital Promise

Interviews with teachers, administrators, and other researchers showed us that “Look for” documents offer teachers and administrators a mutual starting point for collaborative visioning, self-assessment, and collective goal-setting for classroom practice. Read our White Paper: RPPforCS Resources for Projects.

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