Inclusion is key to our future as technological innovators--learn how to make it a priority at your institution. More...
Jobs, Education and the Learner/Worker
By Ray Schroeder. Much is written about strengthening the link between education and employment. Jobs are changing and likely to continue to evolve over the coming decades. Education must evolve, too. More...
Search in the Post-Truth Era
By Ray Schroeder. Google has dominated search for 20 years. But results today are far too often tainted with information that is incomplete, misleading or false. MIT aims to address that problem with the knowledge graph Underlay. More...
Are You Selling Day-Old Doughnuts?
By Ray Schroeder. Every year our degrees “expire” in relevancy and timeliness if we don’t refresh each class with an eye to the future, Ray Schroeder argues. More...
Giving a Voice to Thoughts
By Ray Schroeder. A new technology tool from MIT enables silent communication between human and computer. Ray Schroeder looks ahead to potential implications for teaching and learning. More...
Collaborative Education In An Online Setting
What message do I attempt to deliver with this narrative? For some of the practical-based courses offered in a university, the potential may exist for “partnerships” with professionals from within the community. More...
When is higher ed worth it?
For years, stakeholders have sought to define what, exactly, Americans value from their education. Many have focused on wages, in part due to studies demonstrating that college graduates earn more over a lifetime than their non-graduate peers. More...
Meet the makers: how craft-based degrees are fusing tradition with innovation
Do What Works for You
In Mary Churchill’s most recent column about getting things done in 2020, she ended with the question for the readers about what we do to be organized. Rather than a lengthy comment, I decided to write a post instead. More...
Recalibrating Our Understanding of Failure
By Peter Smith. We need to better grasp why marginalized student populations are likelier to fall short of their educational goals -- and how we and our schools contribute to the problem. More...