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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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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This endeavor was announced last week, with its first publication, The Journal of Ecological Engineering Design, released that week as well. "It Before UVM, he helped launch the Amherst College Press in 2013 and led a consortium of libraries in creating the open-access Lever Press in 2016.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He directs the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity at Rice University, where he has taught, among other subjects, engineering and computational applied mathematics and operations research. “We of all scientists and engineers employed full-time and16.7% We started something that I needed so much,” the 85-year-old said.

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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. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the “Self-Compassionate Professor Podcast,” said in a recent interview that “we all deserve to take up space in the world” and that this space allows “for our own gifts to change other people, to impact the work in positive ways (Newbury, 2013).” August 23, 2013.

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the “Self-Compassionate Professor Podcast,” said in a recent interview that “we all deserve to take up space in the world” and that this space allows “for our own gifts to change other people, to impact the work in positive ways (Newbury, 2013).” August 23, 2013.

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Creating career-ready graduates

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

In fact, LCCC has been training students in the field of microelectronic manufacturing (MEMS) since 2013 when we became the first community college to offer an associate degree in MEMS. The MEMS program alone has increased from three students in 2013 to 150 in 2021. LCCC’s MEMS students work on a microscopic scale while thinking big.