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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet. This partnership between disciplines ensures the sustainability of life on Mars.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet. This partnership between disciplines ensures the sustainability of life on Mars.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Minority Male Initiative — Broward College.

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Generative AI and the Near Future of Work: An EdTech Example

eLiterate

The engineering skills are still necessary. Generative AI is not ready to replace high-quality engineers yet. That’s true in the craft of copier repair and definitely true in the craft of software engineering. Again, notice that one still needs a programmer. But the work of actually writing the code is greatly reduced.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Reflecting on the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like Udacity and Coursera around 2011-2012, there was initial hype about their potential to fundamentally transform higher education. Phil’s a lifelong learner who transitioned from educational technology consulting after working in the engineering field for many years.

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Universities on Fire

HESA

The second half of this interview in particular provides some really interesting insight into issues of what enablers are required for academia to really turn the corner on CO 2 emissions. My previous book Academia Next argued that higher education specifically in the United States was overbuilt for capacity. Are there scenarios here?

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Leveraging Diversity to Fuel the Creative Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time in academia when STEM is increasingly evolving into STEAM, colleges and universities with intensely driven, career-focused students are endeavoring to create space for arts education. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is expanding into STEAM, with the addition of art.