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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. It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” It goes on, “Even a few decades ago, no one could have fully anticipated future investments in computer science, quantum computing, or climate science—fields where Princeton is now a leader.” ” Is Princeton truly a leader in these fields? Inequities pervade American higher education.

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Akshit Jain, T&A Consulting, India

The PIE News

I went to an Engineering college in 2015 to do computer sciences and spent my foundation years doing internships with top MNCs. My journey into international education has a lot to do with my inner calling. Grades were not an issue, I was getting the job done but my heart was not in the right place.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Diversifying Our Curing Community (DOCC) Arkansas State University College of Science and Mathematics DOCC seeks to increase the number of under-represented students accepted into medical schools. Biomedical Sciences Enrichment Program: Mentorship and Workforce Development Charles R.

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“Too good to be true” – the young Africans receiving international scholarships

The PIE News

At school, a computer science exam meant labelling the parts of the machine on a diagram as there were no actual computers. Data shows students from Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly choosing to study abroad, with US numbers, for example, growing by 22% between 2015 and 2022.

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Engaging Students Through Experiential Learning Inside the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. Computer science students can design websites, while students in public relations can develop graphic design packages and media campaigns.

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Highlights from Higher Ed: Lower-Income Enrollment Woes, Segregation by Major, War’s Effect on Course Selection, and Pandemic-Era Transfers

Liaison International

colleges and universities — including all eight Ivy League institutions — have joined forces to increase the enrollment of lower-income students enrolled at “high performing” schools by at least 50,000 within ten years. Between 2015 and 2021, for example, those schools enrolled only about 7,700 students who fit that description. “In