academic freedom, 28
academics. See professors
Accelerated Study in Associates Programs (ASAP), 64, 66–69, 71
Accessible Icon Project, 160–161
accreditation system, 213
ACT scores, refusal of, 214, 215
active learning
in community college, 58
description and efficacy, 87, 88
incorporation into classes, 42
tips for professors and teachers, 263–267
adjunct professors, 11, 12, 63, 119, 121, 167, 177, 199, 249
admissions
out-of-state and in-state admissions, 169–170
and selectivity, 39–40
without rankings, 214–217
advancement at work, skills for, 140–141
advisers and advice, 185–186, 258
Africa, redesign of education, 241–245
African Americans, 26, 126–128, 174, 237–239
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary, 34
age of majority, 1–2
Agile Learning blog, 84
agile software development, 84
aging and senior citizens, 221–222
AlterPodium, 158
American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 246–247
Anderson School of Management, 182–183
Angell, James, 31
“The Anthropology of Aging: Digital Anthropology” class, 217, 218, 219, 221
Apple company, 128
Arizona state, funding cuts, 149
Arizona State University (ASU), 141–142, 147–152, 231
artists, and STEM, 143
Ashesi University (Ghana), 241–245
assistive technology, 157
The Atlantic Monthly, 7
Australia, student debt, 188
automation of employment, 139, 231
Awuah, Patrick, 241–245
bankruptcy, 172
Barrett, Craig, 140
Bass, Randall (Randy), 228–229, 232, 233, 235
Bass Connections program, 154–155
“bean machine” of Galton, 202
bell curve, for success and failure, 56, 201–203
Bennett, William, 173
Binet, Alfred, 205
Binet-Simon test, 205
blackboards, as technology, 88
#BlackTwitter, 126
Bloom, Benjamin S., 81
Bloomberg, Michael, 65
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), 57–58
“The Bossy Moms” project, 61–62
Brown, Jerry, 121
Brown, John Seely, 235
Bruff, Derek, 80–87
Buckminster Fuller, R., 249
Burnett, Bill, 234
Butler, Judith, 158–159
calculators, as technology, 75, 79–80
California, 121–122, 173, 190–191
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 213
chalkboards, as technology, 88
change, for redesign of education, 230–231
Chatelain, Marcia, 126
Chronicle of Higher Education, 106, 119
Chuck (student), 222–223
City University of New York (CUNY)
funding and cutbacks, 176
Graduate Center, 97
initiatives and ASAP at, 64–69, 71
reasons for going to, 250–252
selectivity and credentials at, 52
social mobility at, 69, 179, 190
tuition costs, 190
climate change, 146
Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 6
cocreation with clients, 157–158, 159
cohort learning, 129–130
collaboration
between disciplines, 144
for redesign of education, 231–232, 249
video and video game projects, 219, 220, 223–224
See also synthesis
collaborative projects, tips for professors and teachers, 266
collection agencies, for student debt, 172
college and university
administrative staff, 177–178
vs. community college, 48–49, 50–51, 72
cost of (see cost of college)
development in nineteenth century, 24–26
entrance pathway to, 63
future of, 136–137
gatekeeping structure, 56
goal of, 15
government policy and spending on, 172–176, 178, 187–189
institution at center, 78
as investment in future, 188–189, 191–192
and personal transformation, 2–3
rankings and selectivity in, 38–40, 49–50, 56–57, 213–214
reason for going to, 250–252
redesign (see redesign of education)
tips for students, 257–261
and wealthy students, 179, 180–181
world history, 117–118
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB), creation of, 39–40
“College Scorecard,” 136–137
community college
vs. college and university, 48–49, 50–51, 72
as cost-cutting option to college, 186
demographics and income in, 55
and employment prospects, 69–71
financial aspects, 62–63
graduation and success rates, 64, 65–66, 68, 71–72
history and expansion of, 53–54
integration in education system, 71–72
mission of and diversity in, 48–49, 50–52, 54–55, 56, 60–61, 72
as model of education, 48–49, 52–53, 67–69, 72–73, 249
as pathway to college, 63
and redesign of education, 72–73, 249
student-centered learning, 49, 50–52, 57, 58–59, 60–62, 68
teachers and teaching methods, 53–54, 58–59, 86–87
TV comedy about, 47–48
Community (TV program), 47–48
completion and completion rates, 122–123, 166–167, 171
cohort learning, 129–130
Digital Sociology program, 126–128, 129–131
impact on literacy of students, 91–94
MOOCs (see MOOC (massive open online course))
online learning, 120–121
in redesign of education, 77–78, 80, 97, 100, 121, 124, 131–132
search and research skills, 88–89, 95–96
as social purpose, 97–100
and student-centered learning, 103–106, 111–113, 115, 118–119, 123–124, 130, 219–220
technophobia, 75–76
traditional exams in, 107–108
use in class, 90–91
video and video game as collaboration, 219, 220, 223–224
and writing and reading, 91–95
See also Internet
Connie (student), 253
Confederate states, education system development, 25, 26
constitution in class, writing of, 116–117, 265
constructionism, 103
Cook, Anthony E., 235
Coots, Jeffrey, 99
cost of college
alleviation of burden, 168–169, 252
and career choice, 165–166, 169
consequences and as problem, 165, 168, 171, 179, 187–189
cost-cutting options, 184–187, 188, 189–191
debt of students, 168, 172, 188
and financial aid, 178–179
out-of-state and in-state admissions, 169–170
and redesign of education, 248, 252
and staff costs, 177–178
in United States, 169–171
and wealthy students, 181
and work while studying, 171, 252
Cottom, Tressie McMillan (@tressiemcphd), 126–131
Coursera, 101, 102, 104–105, 115–116, 122
cover letters, 260–261
Coward, Alexander, 193–195, 197–198, 200, 208–210, 212–213
credit hour, 40
critical technology workshop, 124–126
critical thinking, 117
Crow, Michael, 148–152, 155, 185–186
Cuomo, Andrew, 189
cutbacks in education, 11, 149, 170–171, 174–176, 178, 190–191, 224–225
cyberattacks, 108
Davis, Jade, 63
DeBlasio, Bill, 68
debt of students, 168, 172, 188
defamiliarization method, 109–110
deficit model of pedagogy, 56–57, 58
DeGioia, John (Jack), 227, 229
DeJesus, Nyvia, 97–98, 99, 100
Delta Cost Project, 62
Department of Education (US), evaluation of education, 136
design thinking, 234
Dewey, Melvil, 113–114
Digital Pedagogy workshop, 125–127
Digital Sociology program, 126–128, 129–131
digital technology. See computers and electronics
disabilities, people with, 156–161
Douglass, Frederick, 131
Du Bois, W. E. B., 33
Duke University, 12, 73, 101, 102, 106, 154–155, 250
Dyn, cyberattack on, 108
eAdvisor program, 185–186
education system
as business, 11–12
change needed in, 7–8, 12–13, 14–15, 44–46
development, 23–26
in Europe in nineteenth century, 27–30, 242
formal practices in, 110
goal of, 15
golden age of, 11
in Japan, 137
needs of young people in, 12–13
public vs. private education, 183
quarter-life crisis, 17–18
redesign of (see redesign of education)
replicated as MOOC, 103–104, 109–110, 115
role of, 78
traditional infrastructure in, 44–46, 243
war on, 11–12
See also specific topics
educational technology movement, 9
Eliot, Charles William
achievements at Harvard, 32–33, 35–36
and choice by students, 34
collaboration between disciplines, 144
and grading system, 206–207
as Harvard president, 30–31
land-grant universities, 26
livelihood and salary, 27
MIT work, 30
“The New Education” essay, 7, 26, 30, 246
opening up of education, 148
Panic of 1857, 18–19
and Puritan college format, 19–20
quarter-life crisis of, 17, 18
and race of students, 33
redesign and reforms at Harvard, 30–36, 148
redesign of education generally, 3–5, 7–8, 26–27, 40–41, 246
research in Europe, 27–29, 242
scientific management in education, 40–41
on vocational schools and studies, 29–30, 32
women in education, 33–34
Eliot, Samuel, 20
elite institutions and students
partnerships for redesign, 231, 249
selectivity and graduation time, 38–39, 50
value of attendance, 181–184
and wealthy students, 180–181
employment
after community college, 69–71
for Millennials, 13
résumés for, 260–261
skills needed, 140–141
STEM vs. humanities, 140
and synthesis of disciplines, 151–152, 232–233
workforce ready students, 18, 134, 140–141
engineering education. See STEM education
English as a Second Language (ESL), 57–58
enlightened self-government, 8
entrance exams, 19, 20, 39–40, 207
See also exams and grades; SATs
Environmental Solutions programs, 14
Equality of Opportunity Study (2017), 179
essay writing, in digital age, 93
Estefany (student), 250–251
ethnicity. See race and ethnicity
Europe, education system, 27–30, 242
Evans, Dave, 234
“Examined Life” (video), 158–159
exams and grades
adjustments of results, 201–202
alternatives to and absence of, 214–217, 222, 225–226
criticism of, 206
development in history, 200–208
and Charles Eliot, 206–207
and feedback to students, 195–197, 209
as interference or disincentive, 194, 196, 197
and introductory courses, 199–200
vs. love of learning, 194, 197–198, 208
and redesign of education, 214–216, 222, 225, 248
reliance on, 42–44, 107–108, 195, 199–200, 210–211
and student-centered learning, 219–220, 225–226
“teaching/learning to the test,” 195, 196, 214
as tradition and norm, 107–108, 197–198, 200, 211, 216, 218
See also measurements of education; specific exams
Excelsior Scholarship, 189, 190
exit tickets, 267
Factory Act (1833, England), 23–24
faculty. See professors
“fake news,” 125
Farish, William, 203
fees. See cost of college
“The Ferguson Syllabus,” 126
Filreis, Al, 104
financial aid for students, 178–179
financial crisis of 1857, 18–19
financial crisis of 2008, 11, 175
Finkelstein, I. E., 206
flunk-out course ritual, 56
formal education. See education system
formative feedback, 195–197, 209
four-year institutions. See college and university
France, education system, 28–29
Free Speech Movement Café, 212–213
funding of education
and ideology, 174–175
new initiatives, 190–191
race and ethnicity, 173–174
in states and universities, 149, 170–171, 174–176, 178, 190–191, 224–225
and STEM, 176–177
#FutureEd, 106–108, 109–110, 115–120, 123–124
Gage, Hannah, 175
Gardner, Howard, 42
gender, and IQ tests, 206
general introductory courses, 199–200
Generation Debt, 171
Georgetown University, 227, 229, 237–239
See also Red House
Germany, education system, 27–29
Ghana, redesign of education, 241–245
GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, 1944), 10, 173–174
Gilman, Arthur, 34
Gilman, Daniel Coit, 31
Goldrick-Rab, Sara, 170–171
Goldstein, Matthew, 65
Google, work skills study, 140–141
grade schools, 203–204
grades. See exams and grades
Greendale Community college, 47–48
Guinier, Lani, 62
Gutenberg, Johannes, 108, 111–113
Hale, Edward Everett, 32
Hampshire College, 214–216
Harper, William Rainey, 31
Harvard
and choice by students, 34
Eliot as president, 30–31
grading system, 206–207
Puritan education, 19–20
salary and conditions of professors, 27, 34–35
value of attendance, 182
Harward, Donald, 235
health, synthesis programs, 154–155
Hendren, Sara, 156–161
hierarchical classification, 113–114
higher education. See college and university
Higher Education Act (1965), 10–11, 173
Hinojosa, Chris, 157
historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), creation of, 26
“The History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education” (MOOC), 105–108, 115–120
honor code, 244–245
hooks, bell, 42
“Household” movement, 221
humanities, mixed with sciences, 156, 253
Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 27–28
Humboldt University of Berlin, 27–28
“I Am Going to College Because…” (video), 250–251
index cards, 113–114
Industrialization, impact, 21–24
information
availability and access to, 112–113
and critical thinking, 117
hierarchical classification, 113–114
reliability and authentication, 125
search and research skills, 88–89, 95–96
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 213
interdisciplinary programs, 14, 45, 143, 156, 181, 233, 249, 252
interest rates on cost of college, 166
Internet
and redesign of education, 6–7, 8–9, 44
skills related to, 88–90
teachers and professors, 78–79
See also computers and electronics
interview in class, tips for professors and teachers, 265
introductory courses, 199–200
IQ testing, 205–206
Jailbreak-my-life app, 97–98, 99
jails. See prisons
Japan, STEM education, 133–135, 137
job applications, resumés and letters, 260–261
jobs. See employment
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 97–98, 100
John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, 174
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 10–11
Joliet Junior College, 54
Jordan, David Starr, 31
junior colleges. See community college
Kansas State University (K-State, KSU), 217–218, 225
kairos, and electronic technologies, 92, 93, 98
Kaitlin (student), 253
Kansas Silent Reading Test, 43, 207
Kansas state, funding of education, 224–225
knowledge. See information
Kuehnemann, Eugen, 35
LaGuardia Community College, 59–62, 231
land-grant universities, 25–26
language instruction, at community college, 57–58
learning
active learning (see active learning)
as goal of education, 86–87
love of vs. exams, 194, 197–198, 208
metacognition, 83
principles for success, 197
student-centered (see student-centered learning)
Lee, Ed, 189
letter grades, 204
Linnaeus, Carl, 113
Lunsford, Andrea, 91–94
majors, tips for students, 259
Manhattan (KS), 217–218
mass printing, as technophobia, 76–77
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 30
mastery learning, 81
Math 1A course at Berkeley, 193–195, 197–198, 208–209, 211
Math and math class
learning of, 80–87
teaching and tradition, 194–195, 197–198, 209–210
See also STEM education
Matlogg, Norman, 140
Mazur, Eric, 82
McCrory, Pat, 174
McLuhan, Marshall, 218
Meadowlark Retirement Community, 217, 220–223, 226
measurements of education
redesign for, 8–9
reliance on, 42–44
scientific management in, 38–42
See also exams and grades; ranking
meat grading, 204–205
meat production, 21–23
medical school, cost of, 165, 166
metacognition, 83
Metro cards, as assistance, 66
Millennials, 13, 111, 235–236, 238
ministers, Puritan college training, 19–20
Ministry of Education (Japan), 137
MIT Media Lab, 103
modern poetry, on MOOCs, 104
Mogulescu, John, 63–66, 67, 68, 69–71
Monopoly game, and math learning, 85
MOOC (massive open online course)
author’s experiment on, 104, 105–108, 109–116, 118–120
benefits and completion rates, 122–123
California courses on, 121–122
description as model, 101–102, 103
hackathons on, 116–118
history of US education on, 105–106, 115–117
limitations and dangers of, 102–103, 104
modern poetry on, 104
as replica of formal education, 103–104, 109–110, 115
and student-centered learning, 104, 105–106, 115, 118–119, 123–124
Morrill, Justin, 25
Morsi, Sara, 99
Mount Holyoke college, 204
multiple-choice exams, reliance on, 42–44
Mumford, Herbert, 204
Muñoz, José, 96
music, in therapy, 145–146
Nathaniel (student), 251–252
National Academies, and STEM, 138
National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 213
“New American University,” 148–152, 155–156
“The New Education” essay (C. Eliot), 7, 26, 30, 246
“New Education” for twenty-first century, 8, 13–15
redesign for (see redesign of education)
New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, 39
New York state, 189–190
New York University, 186–187
Newfield, Christopher, 176
North Carolina, 174–175
note taking, collaboration in, 266
Obama administration, 172
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, 19
Olin College, 157–158, 159–161
online learning
Digital Sociology program, 126–128, 129–131
evolution in, 123
in for-profit institutions, 128–129
popularity and cost, 120–121
See also MOOC (massive open online course)
open admissions, 214–217
Orlowska, Marta, 97–98, 99, 100
Ortiz, Christine, 155–156
palpable impact, 142, 144, 145, 146–147, 219
Panic of 1857, 18–19
Papert, Seymour, 103, 104, 106
partnerships, for redesign of education, 231–232, 249
Pendleton-Jullian, Ann, 233–235, 238, 240
people with disabilities, 156–161
Perry, Britta, 48
personal résumé, 259
Perzanowski, Aaron, 103
philanthropists, financing of redesign, 36–37
Pinker, Steven, 182
Politov, Igor, 99
presidents of colleges, and redesign of education, 31
President’s Society project, 61–62
“Principles and Challenges of Childhood and Society” project, 232
printing press, 76–77, 111–113
Private Collegiate Instruction for Women, 34
privatization of education, 182–183
professional résumés, 260–261
professors
adjunct, 11, 12, 63, 119, 121, 167, 177, 199, 249
classroom tips for, 263–267
at Harvard in nineteenth and early twentieth century, 27, 34–35
hours of work, 211–212
and redesign of education, 9
reduction of, 246–247
salary and conditions, 63, 167–168, 178
students tips about, 258
teaching vs. “outputs,” 212
See also teachers and teaching
Project Oxygen, 140
promotion at work, skills for, 140–141
public amateurism, 160
public contribution, tips for professors and teachers, 267
public education. See education system
Puritan colleges and education, 3, 4, 19–20
pyramid structure of universities, 199, 243
quarter-life crisis, 17–18
questions in class, tips for professors and teachers, 264–265
race and ethnicity
in Eliot’s reforms, 33
and funding of education, 173–174
and IQ tests, 205–206
slavery incident at Georgetown, 237–239
Radcliffe College, 34
ranking
absence of in admissions system, 214–217
in community college, 49
of departments and institutions, 39, 211, 212
in education system, 39–40, 49–50, 213–214
for teachers, 59
US News & World Report rankings, 211, 215, 216
See also measurements of education
rebundling and unbundling, 229–230, 232–233
The Red House
course and debate on redesign of education, 233–240
description and role, 227–228, 233
principles of innovation, 229–232
redesign of education
and community college, 72–73, 249
course and debate at The Red House, 233–240
computers and electronics in, 77–78, 80, 97, 100, 121, 124, 131–132
by Eliot at Harvard, 30–36, 148
by Eliot in nineteenth and early twentieth century, 3–5, 7–8, 26–27, 40–41, 246
in Europe, 27–28
experiments, ideas and questions for, 152–155, 227–229, 239–240
financing by philanthropists, 36–37
and funding of education, 191–192
in Ghana, 241–245
and grades and ranking, 214–216, 222, 225, 248
of measurements, 8–9
need in twenty-first century, 44–46, 246, 250, 254–255
and negativity towards Millennials, 235–236
partnerships and collaboration in, 231–232, 249
principles at The Red House, 229–231
rebundling and unbundling, 229–230, 232–233
recent movements for, 9–10
scientific management in, 38–42
students’ wish for change, 252–254
and synthesis of fields, 147–152, 155–156, 161, 249, 253
and technology, 90, 109, 121, 231, 247–248, 254
and war on education, 11
reflection, and learning, 83
rehabilitation, and music, 145–146
relatively prime numbers, 80–81, 82–83
research and research skills, 88–89, 95–96, 230
resilience, in students, 236–237
retirement homes and communities, 221–222
rites of passage, 1–2
Robert (student), 223–224
Rodriguez, Juana Maria, 94–96
rural lifestyles, and Industrialization, 21–23
SATs (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
See also exams and grades
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, 150
schooling. See education system
Schultz, Jason, 103
science education. See STEM education
sciences, mixed with humanities, 156, 253
scientific labor management, 38, 41
scientific management, in redesign of education, 38–42
Scott, Robert A., 166
search and research skills, 88–89, 95–96
selectivity, in education system, 38–40, 49–50, 52, 56–57, 213–214
senior citizens and aging, 221–222
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill, 1944), 10, 173–174
Sha Xin Wei, 141–147
Siemens, George, 123
Silicon Valley, and redesign of education, 109, 247–248
Simon, Théodore, 205
skills training and for work, 8, 10, 140–141
slavery history at Georgetown, 237–239
social change, from Industrialization, 21–23
social entrepreneurship, 244
social media, digital education, 126–127
social mobility index, 56
sociology, digital education, 126–128, 129–131
soft skills, need for, 8
South by Southwest, 155
specialization, in education system, 38–39, 214
S.S. Central America, 19
standardized entrance exams, 207
Stanford Study of Writing, 91–93
Stanford University, 93, 181, 184
Starbucks, 120
State University of New York (SUNY), tuition costs, 190
states
education system development, 24, 25
funding and cutbacks in education, 11, 149, 170–171, 174–176, 178, 190–191, 224–225
out-of-state and in-state admissions, 169–170
Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, 64
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education
and automation of employment, 139
changes in, 10
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education (continued)
class description, 133–134
employment in STEM fields, 140
and funding of education, 176–177
future of and narrowing down to, 136–137
in Japan, 133–135
synthesis with non-STEM fields, 141–147, 149–151, 155–160
Stiles, Ezra, 203
stroke victims and rehabilitation, 144–145
student-centered learning
in community college, 49, 50–52, 57, 58–59, 60–62, 68
and computers and electronics, 103–106, 111–113, 115, 118–119, 123–124, 130, 219–220
exams and grades, 219–220, 225–226
and MOOCs, 104, 105–106, 115, 118–119, 123–124
tips for professors and teachers, 263–267
study groups, 259–260
Sullivan, Teresa, 109
summative feedback, 196–197
syllabus, collective design, 265–266
synthesis
employment of graduates, 151–152, 232–233
experiments in, 152–155, 219–221, 232, 243–244
and redesign of education, 147–152, 155–156, 161, 249, 253
STEM with non-STEM fields, 141–147, 149–151, 155–160
tips for students, 257–258
Synthesis program, 144
Systema Naturae (Linnaeus), 113
Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 37–38, 40, 41
Taylor, Sunaura, 158–159
teachers and teaching
classroom tips for, 263–267
and Internet, 78–79
ranking for, 59
salary and wages, 167
students tips about, 258
teaching methods and approaches, 58–59, 86–87
and technology and innovation, 78–80
technophobia, 75–76, 78–80, 87–88
training of, 53–54
See also professors
“teaching to the test,” 195, 196, 214
technology and innovation
cohort learning, 129–130
as cost-cutting option, 185–186
costs of online learning, 120–121
critical technology workshop, 124–126
evolution in, 123–124
fear of (see technophobia)
in for-profit education, 128–129
promise of, 108–110, 121–122, 123–124, 129
in redesign of education, 90, 109, 121, 231, 247–248, 254
teachers’ reaction to, 78–80
use in classroom, 82, 83–84, 87, 89–91, 95–97
usefulness of, 88–89
See also computers and electronics
technology education. See STEM education
technophilia, 102–103, 109, 121–122
technophobia
description and arguments, 75–77, 87–88, 100
in teachers and professors, 75–76, 78–80, 87–88
tenure, 178
tests and testing. See exams and grades
Texas, 176
therapy, and music, 145–146
Think-Pair-Share (T-P-S) method, 263–264
Thomas, Jordan, 219–220
Thorndike, Edward Lee “Ted,” 205
timer, in exams, 107–108
tips for students, 257–261
tips for teachers and professors, 263–267
transdisciplinary inquiry. See synthesis
translingual learning model, 57–58
@tressiemcphd (Cottom, Tressie McMillan), 126–131
Truman Commission, 10
tuition fees. See cost of college
tutors, 260
Twitter, for education, 126
two-year institutions. See community college
unbundling and rebundling, 229–230, 232–233
university. See college and university
“The University as a Design Problem” course, 233–234
University of Berlin (Humboldt University of Berlin), 27–28
University of Bologna, 118
University of California, Berkeley, Math 1A, 193–195, 197–198, 208–209, 211
University of Colorado, 176
University of Mary Washington, 124–125
University of North Carolina (UNC), 174–175
University of Texas, 176
University of Virginia (UVA), 109, 152–153
University of Wisconsin (UW), 178
US News & World Report rankings, 211, 215, 216
Veblen, Thorstein, and Veblen effect, 180, 181
video game, as collaboration, 220, 223–224
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), 126–127, 129, 131
“A Vision of Students Today” (video), 218, 219
vocational schools and studies, 29–30, 32, 53
Walker, Scott, 178
Warren, Elizabeth, 172
wealthy students, 179, 180–181
weather and climate, 146
Wesch, Michael, 218, 219, 220, 222, 224, 225–226
Western knowledge and views, 112, 117
White, Andrew D., 31
Wiki Education Foundation, 95
Wikipedia, 95–96, 112, 114–115
Winger, Jeff, 47–48
Wissoker, Ken, 75, 79, 80, 164–165
women, Eliot’s views on, 33–34
Women in Technology Hackathon for Good, 98, 99
work and workforce. See employment
workforce ready students, 18, 134, 140–141
writing of students
impact of electronic technologies, 91–95
as social purpose, 92, 93, 95–96
Yale, tuition costs, 171
Yerkes, Robert, 205
Zuckerberg, Mark, 140