When President Obama called on higher-ed institutions to create more maker initiatives last summer, Carnegie Mellon University answered the call. Partnering with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, and the other members of the MakeSchools Alliance, CMU recently launched MakeSchools.org, a site aiming to connect the dots between the making happening in universities and best practices in maker education.

Collaborations with business and higher education are providing students with the technology saturated environments they'll likely face in the workplace.

At Pittsburgh’s Saxifrage School, educators say everything they need to operate their college campus already exists in the community. Is this the future of higher education?

What does it take to ignite a child’s interest in learning? How do you transition these early interests into college and career choices? Activation Lab is looking for answers.