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Why More Older Adults Are Returning to Band Camp
The sound of a trumpet warming up drifts across a quiet lakeside campus. Nearby, a clarinet player laughs with someone she met only yesterday. Down the path, a group of strangers gathers outside a rehearsal hall, comparing sheet music instead of business cards. For a few days, careers, retirement plans, family responsibilities, and endless to-do…
MIT Makes Almost Its Entire Curriculum Available Online for Free
The cost of higher education often acts as a massive wall between ambitious students and the specialized expertise they need to succeed. In 2001, MIT decided to test what would happen if that wall was completely dismantled by launching an initiative to publish its comprehensive curriculum online at no cost. What started as an experimental…