Education

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Five Essential Skills for the Facebook Era In a new book, Howard Rheingold says social networks are changing the way we think
Open Source Comes to Textbooks College professors are ready to reinvent the textbook. The new price: $0
Reinventing the Lecture Stanford University is blending the online and in-class experiences
Radiation's Big Lie Did a Nobel laureate knowingly lie about the dangers of radiation in 1946?
Hacker High School Can schools teach computer security without turning kids into cybercriminals?
Is College a Good Investment?
Thu, May 10, 2012

Blog Post: The 2012 Payscale report shows engineering schools and private research universities are worth their often-high price

Five Essential Skills for the Facebook Era
Fri, April 27, 2012

Podcast: In a new book, Howard Rheingold says social networks are changing the way we think

First-Ever Tuition in Over a Century at Cooper Union
Thu, April 26, 2012

Blog Post: Undergraduate tuition is still free for now, but grad students at the presitigious engineering institute will start paying

John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker
May 2012

Article: Stanford University’s president predicts the death of the lecture hall as university education moves online

Open Source Comes to Textbooks
Thu, March 15, 2012

Podcast: College professors are ready to reinvent the textbook. The new price: $0

After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Ditches Print Edition
Wed, March 14, 2012

Blog Post: The encyclopedia will be digital-only going forward

Nanotechnology’s Threat to Privacy Over-Hyped
Fri, March 02, 2012

Blog Post: Nanotechnology poses little threat to our privacy but the ignorance produced by claims that it does is dangerous

Stanford Names Eight Engineering Heroes
Wed, February 29, 2012

Blog Post: Inventor of first working laser, chief architect of Global Positioning System, among recipients

Is Math Still Relevant?
March 2012

Article: The queen of the sciences may someday lose its royal status

With the “Wonders and Worries” of Nanotechnology, the Worries Seem to Be Accentuated
Tue, February 21, 2012

Blog Post: A video intended to aid the discussion of the societal implications of nanotechnology is long on satire and short on balance

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