Turning adversity into opportunity
How a love for math and access to MIT Open Learning’s online learning resources helped a Sudanese learner pursue a career in data science.
From refugee to MIT graduate student
As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive.
Improving biology education here, there, and everywhere
At the cutting edge of pedagogy, Mary Ellen Wiltrout has shaped blended and online learning at MIT and beyond.
How MIT’s online resources provide a “highly motivating, even transformative experience”
Charalampos Sampalis explores all that MIT Open Learning has to offer while growing his career in Athens, Greece.
Making a measurable economic impact
Saeed Miganeh’s work at MIT is helping him answer important questions about designing effective programs for poverty mitigation and economic growth in African countries.
Dimitris Bertsimas named vice provost for open learning
Leveraging more than 35 years of experience at MIT, Bertsimas will work with partners across the Institute to transform teaching and learning on and off campus.
How a quantum scientist, a nurse, and an economist are joining the fight against global poverty
The MITx MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program educates learners around the world using its data-driven approach to poverty alleviation.
MIT’s Master of Applied Science in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program adds a public policy track
Students have new avenues for learning and research on the most effective approaches to fighting poverty in the US and other high-income countries.
MIT Supply Chain Management Program earns top honors in three 2024 rankings
MIT has been a world leader in supply chain management education and research for more than five decades.
MITdesignX and MISTI in Dubai
The Institute’s “mind and hand” ethos has found a home in the United Arab Emirates.
MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning
At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.
MIT Emerging Talent opens pathways for underserved global learners
Learners across 24 countries build technical and employment skills in a collaborative community.
Training manufacturing technologists to be future shop floor leaders
New curriculum from MIT and collaborating institutions aims to give technicians a ladder to become shop-floor leaders — “technologists” who bridge the gap between technicians and engineers.
How free online courses from MIT can “transform the future of the world”
MIT OpenCourseWare’s YouTube channel inspires millions of learners across the globe to expand their knowledge and develop new skills for free.
“We offer another place for knowledge”
After acquiring data science and AI skills from MIT, Jospin Hassan shared them with his community in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi and built pathways for talented learners.