Education

A Foot In Both Worlds: Pushing For Academic Freedom In China

7:44am June 03, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

Some people have a foot in the U.S. and China. We visit Duke University's satellite campus in China. The vice chancellor, an American, allows debate — knowing the Communist Party is active on campus.

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Philosophy professor Abby Everett Jaques of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a class called Ethics of Technology to help future engineers and computer scientists understand the pitfalls of tech.

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Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom

4:58pm May 31, 2019

by Zeninjor Enwemeka

Facebook, Google and other tech giants have been hit with problems they didn't anticipate their software creating. An MIT professor is teaching students that ethics is essential to their future work.

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Rapper Lil Nas X Performs For Elementary School Children

6:31am May 31, 2019

Lil Nas X was taken by surprise when he began his song "Old Town Road," and the kids started dancing and jumping — and basically took over.

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Marathon Spelling Bee Ends With Historic 8 Co-Champions

5:57am May 31, 2019

The Scripps National Spelling Bee ends with a record eight co-champions. The eight finalists out-spelled 557 other contestants ranging in age from 7 to 15 over the course of three days.

Learning About The Holocaust Could Soon Be Mandatory In Oregon Thanks To This Friendship

4:59pm May 30, 2019

Oregon public schools could soon be required to teach students about the Holocaust starting in the 2020-2021 school year thanks to an unlikely friendship between a Holocaust survivor and a young girl.

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Part 2: This Teen Planned A School Shooting. But Did He Break The Law?

4:29pm May 29, 2019

The 2018 arrest of Vermont teenager Jack Sawyer raised some big legal questions. Among them: At what point does a thought — or even a plan — become a crime?

A file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Anthony Rostain, co-author of The Stressed Years of Their Lives, says today's college students are experiencing an "inordinate amount of anxiety."

College Students (And Their Parents) Face A Campus Mental Health 'Epidemic'

8:25pm May 28, 2019

by Terry Gross

Anthony Rostain and B. Janet Hibbs say college students today face an "inordinate amount of anxiety" — but parents can help their kids cope. Their book is The Stressed Years of Their Lives.

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A young man in Vermont allegedly had plans to shoot people at his former high school — plans that were foiled because the system worked.

This Teen Planned A School Shooting. But Did He Break The Law?

7:39pm May 28, 2019

In 2018, Jack Sawyer told police he wanted to set a new record: highest death count for a school shooter. He was arrested, but the courts had to decide whether Sawyer's plan was even a crime.

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Scientists are still trying to figure out how playing video games affects the brain.

Is 'Gaming Disorder' An Illness? WHO Says Yes, Adding It To Its List Of Diseases

5:56pm May 28, 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

For the first time, the World Health Organization will list "gaming disorder" as a behavioral addiction, a controversial move for some.

Michigan State President Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. On His Plans For The University

5:54pm May 28, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with new Michigan State University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. about taking over the university following the Larry Nassar abuse controversy.

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