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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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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

(See my own “Myths Shape the Continuing ‘Crisis of the Humanities,’ ” Inside Higher Ed, May 6, 2022) For his part, Heller misrepresents the “decline” of the humanities while he simultaneously ignores the parallel decreases in the social sciences and to a lesser extent the natural sciences.

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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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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. Highlighting interdisciplinary applications, such as the role of biology in public health (communications majors), technology (computer science majors), or environmental policy (pollical science majors), can help students appreciate its broad impact.

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. Highlighting interdisciplinary applications, such as the role of biology in public health (communications majors), technology (computer science majors), or environmental policy (pollical science majors), can help students appreciate its broad impact.