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China may overtake the US as a world leader in higher education
The World Journal covers a talk, co-organized by Stanford Digital Education, by Harvard Professor William Kirby about his new book, Empires of Ideas.
June 24, 2022
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Palliative care clerkship arises from online course
In this Changing Course column, we shine a spotlight on innovations in instructions in a novel Stanford medical school program.
June 24, 2022
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Beyond Zoom: Hosts seek to enhance connection
Whether a webinar, a virtual conference or a book-talk series, organizers want discussion to thrive after events end. A recent lecture had the audience make drawings.
June 23, 2022
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3 takeaways for higher ed from ASU+GSV
Universities are losing students. Can edtech devise new pathways for upward mobility and fill the gap? Watch videos of four presentations from the summit discussing the challenges.
June 20, 2022
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New ethics course exposes high school students to Stanford’s Structured Liberal Education (SLE)
Stanford's McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society partnered with Stanford Digital Education to make a classics course available to a class at Uncommon Charter High School.
May 31, 2022
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The Future of Digital Education
Vice Provost Matthew Rascoff is featured on the podcast "Raising Problem Solvers" discussing how to use the schooling experiences during the pandemic to advance digital education.
April 19, 2022
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Edtech Is looking to build tools to foster student engagement
Stanford Digital Education graduate fellow Jenn Hoffman reports from the ASU+GSV Summit on new approaches to creating community.
April 11, 2022
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What I learned teaching a Stanford computer science class to high school students
Brian Sha, a section leader in Stanford Digital Education's CS 105, saw firsthand the hurdles that teenagers from low-income communities face when trying to excel academically.
April 10, 2022
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'New Lines' for innovation in education
The debut issue of 'New Lines,' Stanford Digital Education's newsletter, highlights how innovating for the future requires knowing the past.
February 10, 2022
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Waheeda Khalfan flips script with COVID-19 course
An award-winning teacher and longtime lecturer in Stanford’s Biology Department has been pioneering an unusual approach to teaching science.
February 10, 2022
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Alumni bring Stanford computer science to low-income high schools nationwide
As part of an effort to make college pathways more equitable, alumni co-teach an introductory course that has long been a Stanford staple
February 10, 2022
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A new way to talk about new books about academic innovation
A conversation with Stanford’s Matthew Rascoff and Trinity’s Kristen Eshleman about an upcoming series of virtual book conversations.
January 20, 2022
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Applying science to the question of how best to support working adults without college degrees
A new report, co-authored by Stanford scholars, advises National Science Foundation on building an applied science to support “working learners.”
January 19, 2022
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Academic Innovation for the Public Good
Stanford Digital Education and Trinity College have organized 10 monthly book conversations via Zoom with leading scholars on how higher education can affect the public good.
January 13, 2022
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The future of digital education
Vice Provost Matthew Rascoff is interviewed on the Stanford Graduate School of Education's podcast School's In about what's ahead in digital education as student needs evolve.
November 17, 2021
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Bridging the gap between low-income students and top colleges
Inside Higher Ed reports on National Education Equity Lab's model to help low-income high schoolers and elite colleges connect. Stanford Digital Education has joined the effort.
November 02, 2021
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Stanford's new vice provost for digital education on innovating for educational equity
Stanford Report features a Q&A with new Vice Provost for Digital Education Matthew Rascoff about his team's mission.
October 25, 2021
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Stanford launches digital pathways effort to enhance opportunity, diversity in higher ed
A new university office joins with the National Education Equity Lab to deliver Stanford courses to underserved students nationwide.
October 25, 2021
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Wall Street Journal: Stanford Joins Group Offering Classes to Disadvantaged High-School Students
A new program is part of colleges’ efforts to diversify undergraduate ranks; it attacks what admissions calls ‘under-matching'.
October 24, 2021
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Stanford Takes Steps to Acquire Notre Dame de Namur University Campus
An article in Stanford Report explains how the potential acquisition could provide the university with more space for its people and programs.
October 01, 2021