Education, teaching, academics

Undergraduate tuition and fees to rise 3.4 percent next yearIncrease to be offset by financial aid expenditures, which will grow to a record $97.6 million.

MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegatesThe Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.

Six new institutions join edXConsortium doubles its institutional membership with the addition of universities in Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States.

Office of Educational Innovation and Technology joins the Office of Digital Learning

What’s the cost and financial value of college?At MIT, experts say evidence shows the payoff from college education remains high.

Institute-Wide Task Force aims to sketch the MIT education of the futureSaying ‘we are in the midst of an educational revolution,’ President L. Rafael Reif asks Professor Sanjay Sarma and EVP and Treasurer Israel Ruiz to lead an effort to envision the MIT of 2020 and beyond.

IS&T addresses concerns about MIT’s networkInformation Services & Technology sheds light on recent service interruptions, as well as steps taken to mitigate risks to the MIT network.

Duflo, Lander, Lewin to lead spring-semester MITx coursesEdX takes stock of last semester’s MITx courses; data will be used to improve education online and in the classroom.

A physicist and her neutrinosMIT senior Christie Chiu has found her focus: the study of tiny particles.

Students develop assistive technologiesUndergraduate teams create helpful phone apps and devices for people with disabilities.

Skoltech, MIT reflect on first year of collaborationAnniversary event celebrates international ties.

American Philosophical Association honors Judith Jarvis ThomsonBestows Quinn Prize for lifelong contributions to philosophy

Inspiring the next generationTelling Your Story workshop connects scientist and engineers with teachers and in the process helps to demystify STEM and excite the next generation of learners.

MIT admits 650 talented and diverse students through early actionChanges in admissions process keep pace with rise in applications.

Outsized influenceMIT Philosophy has extraordinary success placing PhD graduates in top tenure-track positions.

New online learning tool brings 'the crowd' into homework assignments

Bose Corporation and MIT students meet for speed mentorshipStudent-led social impact ideas furthered with insights from Bose employees and executives.

Spielbauer and Hao earn volleyball Academic All-America honors

School within a school: MIT ConcourseA learning community in which MIT freshmen explore the sciences, humanities and social sciences in a small, close-knit community (with a kitchen!)

Physics receives 2012 APS award for improving undergraduate physics educationOne of four institutions recognized

Lindsey Anne Gilman: Better boiling for more efficient energy production

Nearly half of sophomore class enrolls in UPOP503 members of the Class of 2015 sign up for Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program.

Sanjay Sarma appointed as MIT’s first director of digital learningMechanical engineering professor will shepherd efforts to integrate elements of online education into traditional MIT courses.

John Brisson appointed as director of MIT/SUTD Collaboration OfficeProfessor of mechanical engineering will serve as the Institute’s liaison with SUTD leaders in Singapore.

Rice University engineering students experience engineering leadership — MIT styleRecapping the Gordon-MIT ELP's visit to the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)

Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEECS places renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary research, partnerships with alumni and industry, and experiential learning.

Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program showcased in new NAE publicationOne of 29 programs featured in "Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education"