Joshua Angrist, MITili Affiliated Faculty, among five MIT professors recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research. Read more
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“One of the best ways to teach is for the student to experience a surprise — to see something they didn’t think was possible or to design something new." Read more
“The AI genie is out of the bottle,” said Cynthia Breazeal, a professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It’s not just in the realm of computer science and coding. Read more
20 for 20: The tutor is calling - Targeted instruction by phone boosts learning across six countries
Over one billion children experienced some form of extended school closure from 2020 to 2022 (World Bank, 2022). Youth Impact, an NGO headquartered in Botswana, had for several years prior implemented Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), an approach to teaching foundational literacy and numeracy, due to evidence of its effectiveness
Stephanie Khurana was recently named founding CEO of Axim Collaborative, a new online education initiative designed to make learning more accessible, effective, and relevant. Read more
What must colleges and universities do differently to help students develop the skills, capacities, and perspectives they’ll need to live, lead, and thrive in a world being remade by the accelerating climate crisis? Read more
The AI chatbot from OpenAI launched just a few months ago and immediately became the subject of countless news stories about the impact this technology will have — on our children, on education, on our work now and in the future. Read more
MIT ReACT provides education and professional opportunities to learners from refugee and forcibly displaced communities worldwide. ReACT’s core pillars include academic development, human skills development, employment pathways, and network building.
MIT leads the way when it comes to online courses, with a wide range available for free on edX. That means you can say you're a student of MIT without leaving the comfort of your own home, and without spending anything at all. Read more
“It’s a great example of how MIT is taking a leadership role and multidisciplinary approach to tackling climate change by combining engineering and climate system science in one undergraduate major,” says Professor Ali Jadbabaie. Read more