The University Experiment
Universities have been centres of education and discovery for centuries. But today they are also supposed to be engines of economic growth, beacons of equal opportunity, laboratories for new modes of learning and more. Change is being thrust upon them at an unprecedented rate. Nature looks at some of the myriad ways that universities around the world are responding, as they try to shake off old habits of thought and explore new ways of doing things.
Scientific American Special Report: Learning in the digital age
Technology is reshaping every aspect of education, bringing top-notch courses to the world's poorest citizens and reshaping the way all students learn.
Scientific American (17 June 2013)
A Virtual Peek at the NYC Tech Campus
The future New York campus is expected to be the city's answer to entrepreneurial programmes at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Scientific American (15 October 2012)
New Cornell campus to cultivate high-tech industry in New York city
A collaboration with an Israeli University will incubate start-ups from an East River island with a colorful past.
Scientific American (31 January 2012)
Comment: Citizen Science U.
The best way to teach today's hyperconnected students is to get rid of the departments of geology and biology, argues the president of Arizona State University.
Scientific American (18 September 2012)
