Education & Technology

WORD OF THE DAY: DOCTRINAIRE adjective | dahk-truh-NAIR What It Means Doctrinaire is a formal word that means “stubbornly or...

noun- MISS-un-throhp What It Means A misanthrope is someone who hates people in general. // I finally relented on going...

by Karen Abrams, MBA, EdD '25 Soft skills, such as communication, coordination, problem-solving, and innovation are in high demand in...

MARGINALIA noun | mahr-juh-NAY-lee-uh What It Means Marginalia is a plural noun that refers to notes or other marks written...

noun | SHORT-SHRIFT What It Means Short shrift is most often used to mean “little or no attention or consideration.”...

BALKANISE Verb- BAWL-kuh-nyse What It Means   Balkanise is an often-capitalised verb meaning "to break up (a region, a group, etc.)...

Two Queens College robotics teams represented Guyana successfully at the Caribbean Science Olympiad, a virtual event that saw the participation...

ENDEMIC adjective | en-DEM-ik What It Means Endemic means “growing or existing in a certain place or region.” It can...

EXACERBATE verb | ig-ZASS-er-bayt What It Means Exacerbate means "to make more violent, bitter, or severe." // It seemed as...

The use of coding in education began in the 1960s with the introduction of the Logo programming language. Research suggests...