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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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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We Hilliard says that athletic scholarships in artistic gymnastics tend to go to elite gymnasts who’ve competed at the highest level. You can use those strategies anywhere.”

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

In fact, my favorite submission came from just such a student, who was majoring in computer engineering, and used his computer skills to create a platform video game for accounting that he called “Super Accounting Bros”. I’ve had reserved students, suddenly light up at the announcement of this project. References Johnson, D. Johnson, R.

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

In fact, my favorite submission came from just such a student, who was majoring in computer engineering, and used his computer skills to create a platform video game for accounting that he called “Super Accounting Bros”. I’ve had reserved students, suddenly light up at the announcement of this project. References Johnson, D. Johnson, R.

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West Virginia U proposal outlines process for firing faculty

Inside Higher Ed

Removing job protections would also weaken academic freedom, or the ability of faculty to conduct research, produce rigorous scholarship and creative work, and teach free of political pressures and influence by wealthy donors.” WVU’s tenure and promotion policy was last updated in 2014–15.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. Teaching-only’, ‘Teaching and Scholarship’ and ‘Teaching-focussed’ academic jobs have become increasingly common.