Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College?

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Henry David Thoreau penned in his journal “Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.”

Why Walking Helps Us Think Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

When Khaman Maluach’s freshman season at Duke University ended in April, the biggest question about the 7-foot-2 man’s ability to play in the NBA had nothing to do with his shooting, size or skill.

It had everything to do with his passport.
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Enumerating AI effects in education Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Over recent weeks, controversy has surfaced over research publications claiming to show statistical evidence that generative AI has beneficial effects on learning.…

A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...

‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’ - Listen on NYT Audio 1 hour 9 min listen - Students are already using A.I. to learn and write. The education policy expert Rebecca Winthrop explores the big questions emerging for educators and parents.

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If academic institutions want to grade students in a meaningful way, I suspect they will now need to go back to handwritten exams and oral tests only. If you can’t handwrite or speak, it’ll have to be done on a non-networked dumb machine. Maybe just a typewriter

The Students Who Help Teach Their Peers How undergraduate learning assistants make large-enrollment courses feel more human.

Undergraduate learning assistants can serve as a force multiplier for good instruction in a large course. At a huge university, they make interactive and relational teaching possible in more classrooms. chroni.cl/4cHowA8