Christian Niedan

Christian Niedan is a writer for The Elective, the College Board's education magazine

36 Articles

marine biologist studies a coral reef

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Interview

The Path to a Career in Marine Biology

  • 9 Min Read
Headshot photo of Matt Newlin, left, and the logo of his podcast The Rural College Experience, right

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Interview

Giving a Voice to America’s Overlooked Students

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Behind the scenes film crew team filming movie scene on outdoor location

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News

Assistance for Production Assistants

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Female student at a white board using a blue marker to draw a mathematical diagram

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News

A STEM Boost for Indigenous Students

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Six students reading copies of the Oglethorpe Echo

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News

Solutions Journalism Comes to Campus

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Two student journalists set up a camera on a street

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Interview

The Murrow News Service’s Community Commitment

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Two elementary school students wear VR headsets and engage with virtual strands of DNA in a mockup of SDSU's VR lab experience

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Interview

Inside South Dakota's Higher-Ed Virtual Reality Lab

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Screenshot from a video showing an elementary school student wearing a VR headset manipulating a DNA double helix in a virtual environment

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News

Taking the Metaversity on the Road

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Man standing wearing a virtual reality headset

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Interview

Walter F. Parkes Moves From "WarGames" to Alien Zoos

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Young black female student writing on a notebook while taking a remote class on a laptop

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News

Making Internet Connectivity More Affordable

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Four high school students, two boys and two girls, sit at a table each with their laptops open at a hackathon

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Handbook

Hackathons in the Classroom: A User’s Guide

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Young black woman scuba diving with two men in the background

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News

STEM Grants Get More Kids Outdoors

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rendering of a college student in a virtual reality headset against a backdrop with a blue planet and a dinosaur

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Interview

Metaverse Class is In Session at Arizona State

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Man in a tuxedo speaking from a lectern on a stage

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News

Honoring Promising Young Black Engineers

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Hand holding a phone with the TikTok logo on a black screen

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Extra Credit

Five TikTok Famous Teachers Everyone Should Follow

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Metaverse virtual education technology. Kids wear VR goggle glass flying to experience 3D space simulation interface on smart phone screen.

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Handbook

The Metaverse Comes to the Classroom—Maybe

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Photo of a blue whale model suspended over an exhibition hall at AMNH

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Interview

School Days Influences: A Career at the Museum

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Photograph from a political convention showing red white and blue balloons falling from the ceiling of the arena

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Interview

Let’s Talk About "Let’s Talk Elections"

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Overhead photograph of people moving around the main lobby of the metropolitan museum of art

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Interview

School Days Influences: Meet the Curators Behind the Met

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a young woman wearing headphones sits in front of a laptop as she codes a video game

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Interview

School Days Influences: Decoding the World of Video Game Designers

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a young woman college student sits in the bed of a red pickup truck doing homework

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News

Bridging One of the Widest Gaps in the Digital Divide

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An out of focus image of an empty classroom

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News

Districts Begin Forming Plans to Reopen Schools

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New Yorker cartoon editor Emma Allen smiles while listening to a person she's interviewing onstage

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Interview

New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen’s School Days Influences

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cartoon people painting white over printed text

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Interview

School Days Influences: Inside the World of New Yorker Cartoonists

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A young woman wearing blue headphones smiles as she listens to a podcast

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Extra Credit

Ten Great, Enjoyable, and Educational Podcasts

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screenshot of a virtual art gallery showing a shadow of a person looking at a painting

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News

College Galleries Get Creative to Showcase Student Work

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A young man sits at a voting booth during the 2020 presidential primary election

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News

The Data Behind the Youth Vote

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A row of college students wearing graduation regalia sit at a commencement ceremony, seen from behind

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News

Coronavirus Concerns Lead to Virtual Commencements

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a group of teenage young men and young women from the Evergreen Valley High School e sports team holding up signs promoting e sports

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Interview

A Career Path Winds Through Esports

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two male college e sports competitors pose standing back to back on a stage

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Interview

The Esports Boom Means Scholarships for Gamers

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a male e sports gamer wearing a black and maroon jersey wears a headset, has one hand on a computer mouse and another on his keyboard, and stares with focus at his computer monitor

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Feature

The New Power-Up on Campus: Video Games

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the top half of the front of a parked yellow school bus

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News

Can Anyone Here Drive a Bus?

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water running down a kitchen sink drain that is stuffed with 100 dollar bills

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News

Good Schools, Bad Investments

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a room full of empty school desks where a small table is attached to a colorful wood and metal chair

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Extra Credit

Say Goodbye to the Classic School Desk

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students in shop class working with a saw on a woodworking project

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News

Shop Class Is Back—and Gen Z Students are Here For It

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three young men chatting and laughing as they stand next to tractors parked on farmland

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News

The Next Big STEM Career: Farming

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