Seeing Green: Out of the ivory silo Holly Moeller October 14, 2011 0 Comments What does an oceanographer do, anyway? Pet sharks all day?" I'll always remember the haughty tone of those words, delivered in my first week of graduate school at MIT, by one of my classmates in... Read More »
I Do Choose to Run: A Model, Idiot? Miles Unterreiner August 4, 2011 2 Comments You know things are getting bad when your country starts acting like Derek Zoolander. And, as demonstrated by last week’s comical congressional break-dance fighting over raising the debt ceiling,... Read More »
Editorial: Higher Education is Not a Bubble Editorial Board May 16, 2011 0 Comments The rising cost of higher education is one of the few features of American economic life to remain constant over the last few decades. Since 1978, the inflation-adjusted cost of college tuition has... Read More »
Op-Ed: The America of 2021 Op Ed January 25, 2011 2 Comments The haunting mixture of hope and apprehension, excitement and uncertainty, that marks the arrival of each new year has come and gone. In a blur, the first three weeks of winter quarter have... Read More »
Research shows role-reversal helps students learn better Cassandra Feliciano November 10, 2010 0 Comments The Teachable Agents project, currently in progress at Stanford’s AAA Lab, suggests that students learn best when they’re teaching someone else, even if the other person doesn’t really exist. Read More »
Sense and Nonsense: Educating for Souls? Aysha Bagchi October 8, 2010 0 Comments About a month ago, a professor asked me: why is it important that students develop and cultivate internal realms? He meant to get me to reflect on my belief that fostering earnest, including critical,... Read More »
Obama discusses education and the economy with college journalists Devin Banerjee September 28, 2010 2 Comments President Obama devoted the first half of his Monday to talking about his vision for the future of education in America, first on NBC’s Today Show and later on a conference call from the Oval Office... Read More »
Hennessy describes long-term education challenges Eric Messinger July 1, 2010 0 Comments In the final Faculty Senate meeting of the 2009-10 academic year, University President John Hennessy outlined a series of long-term challenges for Stanford and other research universities. He focused... Read More »