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‘Do I know my history?’ Los Angeles teens study Malcolm X and MLK with Stanford professor
Students at Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet School were inspired by a dual enrollment Stanford course that tackles ‘race, religion, and the politics of freedom.’
September 18, 2024
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How generative AI will (and won’t!) transform postsecondary education
An episode of the EdUp PCO podcast featured Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education at Stanford, discussing artificial intelligence with host Amrit Ahluwalia.
August 28, 2024
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Stanford employees’ free access to online courses on Coursera helps them to develop new skills
Thanks to a novel benefit, members of the Stanford community have spent thousands of hours pursuing knowledge to enhance their on-the-job expertise.
August 19, 2024
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How to make AI work for higher education
Vice Provost Matthew Rascoff's piece, republished on Work Shift, argues that research and regulatory frameworks from other sectors could add value in the ed tech space.
July 24, 2024
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New Lines for AI in Higher Ed, Summer 2024
White House summit, partnering with Google, bringing Malcolm X and Dr. King to high schools
July 16, 2024
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How to make AI work for higher education
A convening of educators at the White House leads to questions about how to bring more evidence into ed tech.
July 15, 2024
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South Texas College (STC) inspires Stanford University to implement Google IT certificate
A story on the community college's website describes how Stanford Digital Education consulted with STC faculty to devise a program for Bay Area community colleges.
June 25, 2024
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Stanford students ride and educate from S.F. to D.C.
Six Stanford students are cycling from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., over 75 days, while stopping to teach hands-on STEM workshops to students in 10 states.
June 21, 2024
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Playbook for community colleges to use Google Certificates
A guide by Bay Area Community College Consortium, Google, and Stanford offers help to instructors who want to integrate Google Career Certificates into their courses.
June 19, 2024
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Playbook boosts community college efforts to help students get data analyst jobs
With a new publication, Stanford, Google, and the Bay Area Community College Consortium offer a road map for integrating Google Career Certificates into community college education
June 19, 2024
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National summit explores how digital education can promote deeper learning
The conference, held at Stanford, was organized to help universities imagine how digital innovation can expand their reach, improve learning, and better serve the public good.
June 12, 2024
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Colleges reinstating the ACT/SAT should add a program like this too
Selective universities can identify talented low-income students by offering dual credit courses with the National Education Equity Lab, writes Michael Nietzel in Forbes.
May 23, 2024
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Our team develops tool to enhance equity in project management
Paloma Gutierrez, Stanford Digital Education student fellow, explains how a checklist can help to promote diversity in the office’s initiatives.
May 21, 2024
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Topeka High students' critical thinking draws visit from Stanford University professor
This is the second year that Greg Watkins' ethics course, "Searching Together for the Common Good," has been offered at Topeka High School through Stanford Digital Education.
May 15, 2024
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“It proves I can do anything I put my mind to”
Niagara Falls High School students excelled in CS 105, a computer science course offered in fall 2023 by Stanford Digital Education.
May 15, 2024
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‘This is what my school was missing’: A dual enrollment course brings Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. to under-resourced high schools
Are the two legendary freedom fighters relevant to today’s teenagers? Stanford’s Lerone A. Martin is discovering that high school students are hungry to learn about them.
May 09, 2024
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Equity and inclusion project management checklist
Here are some practices that can help teams support their goals, from initial project planning through implementation and evaluation.
April 24, 2024
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New Lines for the Universities of the Future, Spring 2024
Oxford longevity lesson, ethical tech, higher ed in high school, and new university startups.
April 17, 2024
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Video: Student Frida Gonzalez reflects on dual-credit computer science course
Frida Gonzalez, a student at Birmingham Community Charter High School, took a Stanford computer science course as a sophomore and later mentored peers in the same course.
April 15, 2024
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The Oxford oaks and the Stanford sequoia
Higher education has a unique role to preserve the past, plan for the future, and solve problems today.
April 15, 2024