When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered its first free online course this spring, Ashwith Rego jumped at the chance to learn from some of the world's leading researchers — without leaving his home in India. "I never imagined that I would be taught by professors from MIT, let al... Read more...
Usually when we talk about smart cities we’re talking about cities that are made smarter with new technologies. But what about the cities that run on brain power? The Lumina Foundation calculated the U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of adults (over 25) who have earned a col... Read more...
Harvard University Announcement No tuition and no student loans Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten perce... Read more...