CS27: a happy marriage of humanities and CS Jenny Lu November 14, 2014 10 Comments A quick look into the magic that happens at CS27, a unique mix of humanities meets code. Read More »
Stanford alumni fill Crunchies finals as founders, CEOs Aaron Sekhri January 31, 2013 17 Comments The 6th Annual Crunchies Awards, a technology industry awards ceremony co-hosted this year by TechCrunch, GigaOm and VentureBeat, takes place on Jan. 31 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.... Read More »
Udacity to partner with San Jose State University Aaron Sekhri January 16, 2013 10 Comments Udacity announced a partnership with San Jose State University (SJSU), bringing the online course platform to a physical campus in a move that San Jose State president Mohammad Qayoumi hopes will be a... Read More »
Minerva Project seeks to create a new model of education Aaron Sekhri April 24, 2012 0 Comments As talk about online education ramps up nationwide, The Minerva Project aims to present a new model of higher education. Read More »
Stanford partners with Coursera to offer more online courses Caroline Chen March 6, 2012 2 Comments Stanford will offer five more free online courses this month through a new partnership with Coursera, an online education start-up founded by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller,... Read More »
Editorial: The pitfalls of technology in education Editorial Board February 29, 2012 3 Comments By increasing attention on teacher quality and curriculum content, while approaching novel technologies through a more pragmatic lens, this Board believes that education leaders can improve student... Read More »
Thrun starts web-based university Matt Bettonville February 9, 2012 2 Comments Computer science professor Sebastian Thrun announced the launch last month of his new online university, Udacity, inspired by the massive response to his Stanford course, Introduction to Artificial... Read More »
Distance learning successful Marianne Levine December 1, 2011 1 Comment During a Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 13, electrical engineering professor Bernd Girod indicated that if Stanford’s NYC campus proposal is approved, the University will “leverage distance... Read More »
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