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Turkey: TDU backs students affected by quake

The PIE News

The Turkish German University in Istanbul has handed out 48 scholarships worth some €15,000 to students that were impacted by the recent earthquake in Turkey. ” Along with a fund for study materials, such as paper, books and computers, the university had initially sought to introduce 20 scholarships for the year.

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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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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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Weekend Reading: Rethinking the Cost of Higher Education – A Lecture Revisited

HEPI

He gave this lecture from Opposition in January 2014. ‘As the economy rebalances, we will need more highly-skilled employees, particularly for young people with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) degrees, but businesses are struggling to recruit good graduates from the UK.’

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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.