The New York Times and the University of Southern California have teamed up to offer an online education program that will rely on both Times journalists and USC faculty members to provide instruction, the two institutions announced today.
“The collaboration will launch with programs in nine areas of study, uniting the comprehensive continuing education catalogs from both USC and The New York Times Knowledge Network,” they said in a joint announcement.
The nine programs are Writing and Communication, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Cinematic Arts, Journalism for High School Students, Global Health, American Politics, Business and Leadership, and Executive Education.
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Yesterday, I hosted a webinar on edweek.org featuring three winners from last year’s $650 million Investing in Innovation grant competition talking about their projects and the challenges and successes they’ve already experienced.
To those out there planning to apply for this year’s second round of i3, in which $150 million is up for grabs, take note: they also dished advice on how to win—or at least what they thought were keys to their winning applications.
You can watch the hour-long webinar here, which featured Beaverton School District’s Arts for Learning program in Oregon, Baltimore-based Success for All, and the eMINTS National Center at the University of Missouri. A
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Mike McKinney, chancellor of the Texas A&M System, has announced he will retire on July 1.
Read his memo to system staff here.
I landed at Boston Logan Airport around 2 PM on August 26, 2009. Totally out of my comfort zone of family, delicious food cooked by my mom, and friends, I was filled with anxiety. Although I was unsure of what the city of Boston and the IMC program had in store for me, I took the leap.
I really wanted to experience the life of a student in the US, and I worked hard to do exactly that. I got an on-campus job at the Emerson Channel as a Marketing Associate in my first semester, and learned to handle both school and work.
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There has been a lot of negative talk recently about high school 7-on-7 tournaments and the influence of agents and runners and otherwise ne’er do wells. College coaches and NCAA officials say that if something is not done to confront some of the corruption, football’s 7-on-7 atmosphere could turn into that of the circus that has become AAU basketball.
But it’s not always the case. Read more…
