The CIC/New York Times Partnership in Education offered a day-long Student Newspaper Editors Workshop in March 2008, following an October 2007 meeting of the Partnership’s Presidents Council at the Times.

The Student Newspaper Editors Workshop on March 14 at the Times’ new headquarters in New York City attracted nearly 100 student news editors from 44 campuses who spent the day exploring the role of a newspaper in society, meeting with Times correspondents and editors, and developing their journalistic skills.

At the October 8, 2007, meeting of the Partnership’s Presidents Council, ten members met with online politics editor Kate Phillips to discuss the possibility of engaging student voters on the Times’ political website, http://nytimes.com/politics and on the Times’ politics news-blog, http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com. Phillips said, “Student voters—many for the first time—are interested in the political process and are following it. The Times hopes to capture some of that interest online, whether in the form of a student forum online, through a blog, perhaps following a candidates’ debate, or through featuring student projects that connect to the candidates.” Phillips can be reached at katenytimes@gmail.com.

Presidents Council members also were briefed on The New York Times Knowledge Network and its online learning platform, Epsilen—a comprehensive software package that provides wide-ranging tools and services that students and professionals need for their day-to-day learning, teaching, networking, and collaboration. The Epsilen suite includes ePortfolios, learning matrix, global learning system, group collaboration, object sharing and repository, blogs, wiki, messaging, résumé, and social and professional networking. The Times is seeking colleges or universities interested in developing compelling online courses and programs. For more information, see www.nytimes.com/knowledge and www.epsilen.com/Epsilen/Public/Home.aspx.