Looking at TED as a New Model for Higher Education

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• Environment

  

  The Seed Vault at TED

  The Seed Vault, which is keeping copies of every seed in the world in a secure vault in the Arctic Circle, is a source of endless fascination. We...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• News

  

  Parag Khanna at TED

  GOOD contributor Parag Khanna spoke recently at TED about how political maps cannot possibly contain the movement of the people, goods, and ideas...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• News

  

  Fareed Zakaria: State of U.S. Education "Not as Bad as You Might Think"

  Tonight's State of the Union address by President Obama is going to have a significant education component to it, as has been widely reported both...

  by Nikhil Swaminathan

• Business

  

  Super: The Economy Is as Big as It Was in 2007

  Economic growth rose to 3.2 percent last quarter. So we are finally producing as much as we did before the recession.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Education

  

  Infographic: Teaching in Higher Education

  What type of educational background do college professors have and what's the most popular subjects they teach?

  by GOOD, Hyperakt

• Education

  

  What Country Has the Best Higher Education System?

  Universitas 21 has created official rankings based on the results of a year-long study on higher education data.

  by Liz Dwyer

• News

  

  New Stimulus Bill, Read It as Fast as You Can

  We had some fun pouring through the first stimulus bill. Turns out, all that effort was wasted, as there is a new bill that has been reconciled...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Environment

  

  Bill Gates Hopes for “Energy Miracles” at TED

  During his TED speech on Friday, Bill Gates took on climate change, saying the world needs serious breakthroughs in energy technology. "What we're...

  by Ben Jervey

• Education

  

  Interactive Infographic: Trends in Higher Education

  Find out which degree fields have gained in popularity and which have declined over the course of ten years.

  by GOOD, Hyperakt

• Education

  

  Higher Education Needs Smarter Spending for Student Success

  President Obama says colleges can't keep raising tuition without producing results. Some schools are already organizing around student success.

  by Nate Johnson, Martha Snyder

• Environment

  

  New Liquid Electric Car Batteries Are as Easy to Charge as Pumping Gas

  These new liquid core batteries could make charging your electric car as simple as refueling your gas tank.

  by Ben Jervey

• Education

  

  Cutting the Higher Education Graduation Gap in Half

  Getting "super-seniors" to finish and ensuring that incoming freshmen graduate has to be a central focus of the nation's colleges.

  by Jolene Koester

• Education

  

  It's Time for Some Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education

  This weekend's TEDxAshokaU event is bringing together innovators who are shaking up higher education.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Education

  

  Why Businesses Must Help Solve America's Higher Education Crisis

  According to a new report, corporations must use their influence to ensure future employees go to college or technical school.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Business

  

  A New Model for Better Homes

  How one architecture start-up with a novel business plan is giving away plans for LEED-certified homes for free-and heading towards...

  by Cliff Kuang

• News

  

  Higher Education: Pot Smokers Can Get Federal Aid Again

  There's a bill in the House that would let kids with drug possession convictions get federal financial aid for college again (they haven't been...

  by Andrew Price

• Education

  

  Community Colleges are Screwed: The Higher Education Wealth Gap

  The chasm between rich and poor is seriously affecting public higher education, where 80 percent of our college students enroll.

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• Education

  

  In Seven States, Higher Education Is Getting a Tuneup

  College courses and degree programs need to be clearer about what students will learn and be able to do after graduation.

  by Michelle Kalina

• Education

  

  Really Bad News in Higher Learning

  There's a comprehensive, and comprehensively dismal new report about the massive (seriously-it's massive) achievement disparity between white and...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• Business

  

  A New Model for Angel Investing

  Kim Scheinberg's new venture fund plans to institutionalize the idea of paying it forward. At its heart this new idea was thought up by a kale...

  by Dev Aujla, Billy Parish