Currently, junior faculty are evaluated for promotion to tenure based on two ingredients: research and teaching. However, these two ingredients are not equally weighted. The vast majority of the tenure case is determined by research accomplishments...
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4/4/13
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The GI Bill only covers 45% of current tuition, and currently the voluntary involvement with the Yellow Ribbon program amounts to a meager 18% of tuition for students in Sloan School of Management, and Urban Planning and Studies only. Students with...
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4/4/13
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The edX model has a lot of promise for the future, but so far it does not completely replace an on-campus MIT education. I see at least three crucial areas where the on-campus approach still holds a major advantage:
1) Student-to-student...
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4/4/13
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"Scientists and engineers need to be able to communicate about their work – to funders, to policy-makers, to journalists, to relatives and friends, and, of course, to each other. Today, more than ever, people with scientific expertise who can convey...
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4/4/13
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Why? For immediate Q&A! Not only do you get your own questions answered while you still remember, but you also get to hear other classmates' questions (and answers)! Many times I have thought, "That's a good question I neither would have thought...
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4/4/13
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I tried an online edX course to better understand the experience. The video lectures and supplemental reading were very good. The online "computer" grading system was terrible and extremely frustrating. There were time when my solution worked...
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4/4/13
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The access to world class faculty was what made my undergraduate experience at MIT one of the best experiences of my life. The faculty were not only world class researchers but educators. They were always accessible and welcoming. The face to face...
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4/3/13
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There were 3 questions in the e-mail I got from President Rafael Reif.
1. Are in person lectures a thing of the past?
No. In person lectures are a thing of the education. The people who think in-person lectures are a thing of the past...
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4/3/13
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MIT should commit to ensuring that its students can leave the Institvte debt-free.
The cost of higher education is skyrocketing at a rate much faster than inflation, while median incomes are stagnating. MIT's tuition and costs, which have...
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4/3/13
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There's something very non-MIT-like about edX. It's not just the fact that it's online education. OpenCourseWare, with its simple interface and quirky grad classes sprinkled among the .00n favorites, felt like a grassroots movement to democratize...
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