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Adrian K. Haugabrook: 3 ways to lower the barriers to higher education

Less than seven percent of people worldwide have a bachelor's degree -- and for many, this is simply because the cost of university is too high, says higher education executive Adrian K. Haugabrook. In this barrier-breaking talk, he introduces an innovative approach to expanding access to higher education by driving down costs and rethinking thr...
https://www.ted.com/talks/adrian_k_haugabrook_3_ways_to_lower_the_barriers_to_higher_education

Chrystina Russell: A path to higher education and employment for refugees

Out of the more than 70 million displaced people worldwide, only three percent have access to higher education. The Global Education Movement (GEM) is on a mission to change that with the first large-scale initiative of its kind to help refugee learners get bachelor's degrees and create pathways toward employment. Hear from students and the prog...
https://www.ted.com/talks/chrystina_russell_a_path_to_higher_education_and_employment_for_refugees

Daphne Koller | TED Speaker

With Coursera, Daphne Koller and co-founder Andrew Ng are bringing courses from top colleges online, free, for anyone who wants to take them.
Educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daphne_koller

TED Studies

Created in collaboration with Wiley, the American academic publishing company, TED Studies use TED talks as a jumping-off point for a structured educational experience. They're designed to help students, professors, researchers and self-guided learners explore important topics in higher education. On TED.com, each TED Study includes a curated vi...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies

Playlist: Build Back Better - Innovation (6 talks)

Build Back Better features thought leaders and change agents evaluating our pre-pandemic systems and practices in an effort to create a more sustainable, efficient and just world. (Made possible with the support of Verizon)
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/build_back_better_innovation

LB Hannahs | TED Speaker

LB Hannahs facilitates change by leaning into discomfort and centering authenticity.
Educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lb_hannahs

D-L Stewart | TED Speaker

D-L Stewart empowers and imagines futures that sustain and cultivate the learning, growth and success of minoritized groups in postsecondary education.
Scholar and activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/d_l_stewart

Liz Coleman: A call to reinvent liberal arts education

Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.
https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_coleman_a_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts_education

Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree

At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science — without standard tuition fees (though exams cost money). Founder Shai Reshef hopes that higher education is changing "from being a privilege for the few to a basic right, affordable and acces...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shai_reshef_an_ultra_low_cost_college_degree

Tyler Dewitt: Online learning could change academia -- for good

Higher education remains rooted in rigid, traditional structures and tracks -- and it's at risk of getting left behind in favor of expanded access, greater flexibility and tailored learning. Educator Tyler DeWitt explains how innovations in digital content and virtual reality are ushering in the future of learning, emphasizing why academia must ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_dewitt_online_learning_could_change_academia_for_good

Adrian K. Haugabrook | TED Speaker

Adrian K. Haugabrook is working to rethink and redesign higher education.
Higher education executive
https://www.ted.com/speakers/adrian_k_haugabrook

Shai Reshef | TED Speaker

Shai Reshef wants to democratize higher education.
Education entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shai_reshef

Liz Coleman | TED Speaker

Liz Coleman radically remade Bennington College in the mid-1990s, in pursuit of a new vision: higher education as a performing art.
College president
https://www.ted.com/speakers/liz_coleman

Sajay Samuel: How college loans exploit students for profit

"Once upon a time in America," says professor Sajay Samuel, "going to college did not mean graduating with debt." Today, higher education has become a consumer product -- costs have skyrocketed, saddling students with a combined debt of over $1 trillion, while universities and loan companies make massive profits. Samuel proposes a radical soluti...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sajay_samuel_how_college_loans_exploit_students_for_profit

Elizabeth Wayne | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Wayne is a biomedical engineer and advocate for women in higher education.
Biomedical engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/elizabeth_wayne

Peter Doolittle | TED Speaker

Peter Doolittle is striving to understand the processes of human learning.
Educational psychology professor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/peter_doolittle

Disrupting higher education: Shai Reshef at TED2014

Shai Reshef believes higher education is a right, not a privilege. In January 2009, he founded University of the People, a nonprofit, tuition-free, online university dedicated to opening up higher education to anyone in the world with a high school diploma and a willingness to learn -- “regardless of who they are, where they live or what soc...
Posted March 21, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/21/tuition-free-education-for-the-world-shai-reshef-at-ted2014

Christina Costa | TED Speaker

Christina Costa teaches psychology to undergraduate and high school students and studies well-being and resilience.
Psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christina_costa

Zachary R. Wood | TED Speaker

As the head of a student group called Uncomfortable Learning, Zachary R. Wood made a point of engaging in conversation with people he disagreed with.
Crusader for dialogue
https://www.ted.com/speakers/zachary_r_wood

Anant Agarwal | TED Speaker

Through blended courses Anant Agarwal is pairing online education with face-to-face student-faculty interactions, reshaping the university campus experience.
Education innovator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/anant_agarwal

Michael Green | TED Speaker

Michael Green designs and studies flags, and is fascinated about how we use them as symbols of personal identity and pride.
Vexillologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_green_1

Gallery: Women in Gaza and their determined quest for higher education

In this contested territory, women must endure a lengthy, frustrating process when they pursue a university education abroad. Here are four of their stories. “For me, two basic human rights are the right to education and the freedom of movement,” says Kuwaiti-raised Palestinian photojournalist Laura Boushnak (TED Talk: For these women, reading ...
Posted February 28, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-women-in-gaza-and-their-determined-quest-for-higher-education

The attack on our higher education system -- and why we should welcome it

George Siemens taught the first "massive open online course" back in 2008. He shares his take on why the class form is still valid -- and what might happen next in higher ed. In the past few years, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become a lens used by educators, entrepreneurs, education reformers and venture capitalists to view the h...
Posted January 31, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/the-attack-on-our-higher-education-system-and-why-we-should-welcome-it

Michel Dugon | TED Speaker

Michel Dugon researches the potential of spider venom as a source of novel therapeutic agents.
Zoologist, venom researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michel_dugon

Severn Cullis-Suzuki | TED Speaker

Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a lifelong environmental activist seeking justice for future generations.
Environmental educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/severn_cullis_suzuki

David Lammy | TED Speaker

David Lammy is the first Black MP to hold the Justice post in British Parliament, either in government or opposition.
Member of Parliament, UK
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_lammy

John McWhorter | TED Speaker

Linguist John McWhorter thinks about language in relation to race, politics and our shared cultural history.
Linguist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/john_mcwhorter

TEDxAshokaU: “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education” - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxAshokaU provided the platform to share some of the best innovations used in Higher Education to address the many challenges the sector is currently facing.
Event details: Tempe, Arizona, United States · February 11, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3352

TEDxPlanoSalon: TEDxPlanoSalon 20220223 - an independently organized event

About this event: This session explores and discusses the innovation of several initiatives managed by our speaker, Dr. Lovett, for the Governor of Tennessee that drove degree and credential completion. He will also discuss his work with the Communities Foundation of Texas and how he hopes to accomplish similar results in Texas. Speaker: Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, Ma...
Event details: Plano, Texas, United States · February 23, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/49323

Kelsey Johnson | TED Speaker

Kelsey Johnson has spent her life in awe of the universe, and she works to inspire that awe in future generations.
Astrophysicist, writer, educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kelsey_johnson
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