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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). “We We are an affordable institution.

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Oklahoma Regents Request $96 Million Funding Increase

Inside Higher Ed

“The state system of higher education’s budget request focuses on continued investment to meet growing workforce needs in several key fields, including health care, teacher education, engineering, and computer science,” State Regents chair Michael C. Turpen said in a press release last week.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

That’s the largest increase since 2008. At the same time, many campuses not only cap admissions into nursing programs but programs in business, computer science, economics and engineering. Barriers to entry into the sciences abound, while striking racial and gender disparities persist. percent year over year.

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Why international students are pivotal to the future of US education

The PIE News

The three most popular fields of study are maths, computer science, engineering, and business and management. We are seeing dramatic increases in the number of students from India (+23.5%) and sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana (+45.5%) and Nigeria (+26.3%). Why do these students come to America?

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