Tag: The Conversation
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At UC San Diego, retired professors are mentoring first-generation college students
Melvin H Green, University of California, San Diego My mother cried when I told her I was changing my major from engineering to chemistry. Her fear ... -
He Named Me Malala: the ordinary life behind an extraordinary girl
Alison Macdonald, UCL Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for speaking out in support of girls’ education in Pakistan. Since then, based in ... -
Focus on college affordability obscures real problem: we’re overeducated
Nader Habibi, Brandeis University Since the cost of going to college is an important concern for a large segment of voters, the 2016 presidential candidates are ... -
Zuckerberg is ploughing billions into ‘personalised learning’ – why?
Natalia Kucirkova, The Open University and Elizabeth FitzGerald, The Open University Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes personalised learning is the answer to many of education’s current ...