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Happy Monday!

This week we have a collection of articles I hope might touch, move or inspire you. If you have something to add to the conversation, please hit reply.

Have a great week,
Daniël

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The Stark Contrast Between School and Work

by David Tietjen

If you have been awarded a degree from an institution of higher learning, what does that mean…really

Education does not equal social mobility—How can we change that?

by daniel dalonzo

Growing up in a wealthy town without any wealth of my own made it easy to see what my peers had, and what I may never have.

Higher Education and Inequality

by Howard Johnson

Higher education is often seen as an answer to inequality, but is that really the case?

Back In the Game

by thomasaheaton

Learning something new … it sounds like a cliche and it kinda is. We begin our lives in constant ‘learn mode’ and we continue that process, transitioning from information and pattern-gathering as a matter of course on into a formal system of learning.

Honor, Identity, and Administration

by Joseph Flaherty

The Forgotten History of Middlebury’s Honor Code—It was a harsh Vermont winter in December 1963 and, in the midst of the subzero temperatures, a landmark student life initiative had also frozen over.

Hear them out!

by Paulina

Anastazja Oppenheim wants to make a change. But sometimes, it seems tricky to decide where to start.

A Modern Jail

by Bara Hasaniya

It’s the university, that I feel like it’s like a big modern jail that is guarded by the culture’s boundaries. Most of the professors repeat themselves without letting us discover the world in our own.

6 Reasons why I want to study the IB

by Cedric Tan

Relative to the A level program which is commonly seen as the other route of study, the International Baccalaureate is now seen to be more challenging providing a more all-rounded approach to education.

Why feedback should come from humans, not algorithms

by Echograde

Where technology works in giving feedback and where it falls short.

What I’ve learned teaching 15 years of design classes

by Designtuitive

I’m piloting this new type of course — to give beginners a fully rounded design foundation — via Kickstarter.

The Future of e-learning Markets

by JR.Anand

Learning is part and parcel of our lives and it is a continuous process through which we enrich our knowledge every day. Yet the problem is that when we look up a topic of interest, we’re confronted with too many irrelevant results.


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