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In the News
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Educause ’22: Stanford Reflects on 2 Years of Remote Learning
GovTech reports educators shared lessons from their campus’ experiences, including student struggles and academic innovations, at the virtual Educause Annual Conference.
November 07, 2022
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Book conversation on equity in higher education challenges participants to translate values into practice
Stanford Digital Education and Trinity College host an online discussion that suggests steps to advance equity should begin with acknowledging social and historical context.
November 02, 2022
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OPINION Elite colleges talk a lot about equity. Why are they still overlooking low-income students?
An op-ed in USA Today by a Princeton professor discusses how universities such as Stanford are working to recruit more students from low-income backgrounds.
October 27, 2022
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The former editor of Duke's alumni magazine writes about the university's response to the pandemic
From cafeteria workers to student journalists and faculty, Duke's people made adjustments. The article quotes Matthew Rascoff: “Everyone recognized that they had to be a learner.”
October 21, 2022
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Review of Stanford’s ‘emergency remote teaching’ and learning explores lessons learned from the pandemic
A new report by Stanford Digital Education honors the effort made to maintain academic continuity during 2020-21 and suggests some innovations may be lasting, per Stanford Report.
October 20, 2022
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How COVID Spurred Digital Innovation and Empathy
Inside Higher Ed reports on the Stanford self-study, which asserts that online teaching innovations made during the pandemic may be worth preserving and enhancing.
October 20, 2022
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Education report calls for the community to join the digital education conversation
The review highlights pandemic lessons and opportunities for innovation and collaboration, says The Stanford Daily.
October 20, 2022
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“BioE 177: Inventing the Future” keeps evolving
In spring quarter 2022, Stanford faculty Lisa Solomon, Drew Endy, and Tina Seelig shepherded a diverse class of Stanford students in a new iteration of their course.
October 14, 2022
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Preparing learners for growing industries with higher ed
Grow with Google has a blog post about its program to help people develop tech job skills partnering with higher education institutions, including Stanford.
October 13, 2022
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What I learned this summer
Annie Sadler, Cindy Berhtram, and Mike Acedo share insights about online education gained while pursuing summer activities.
October 12, 2022
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Book conversation on workforce development spotlights special role for higher education
Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan spoke with Stanford sociologist Mitchell Stevens about strategies to connect adult learners with employment opportunities.
October 10, 2022
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Chatbot guides students to learn and reflect
Stanford d.school’s Leticia Britos Cavagnaro is pioneering efforts to extend interactive resources beyond the classroom.
October 05, 2022
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Stanford studies show benefits of forgoing traditional grading during pandemic
New Stanford research examines the impact of pass/fail and other assessment policies in 2020–21 — and the challenges they face to becoming standard practice.
September 23, 2022
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For high schools in low-income communities, a new way for students to get a Stanford education
A teaching fellow in a new Stanford Digital Education writing course for teenagers, Raise Your Voice, describes how it provides an opportunity she wishes she'd had.
September 01, 2022
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As students return to campus, higher ed must build on what we learned during the pandemic
An opinion piece in The Hechinger Report urges universities to embrace valuable lessons from their experiences with remote education during the pandemic.
August 22, 2022
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Stanford Digital Education promotes diversity in college pipeline
KCBS radio covers how a new Stanford ethics course reached a high school class in Brooklyn.
July 23, 2022
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At a Brooklyn high school, students ponder big questions in Stanford’s 'great books' program
An ethics course, based on the Structured Liberal Education curriculum, combined online and in-person teaching to inspire a group of first generation, low-income students.
June 28, 2022
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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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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