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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. Missing Seats at Important Tables.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology to Drop Pre-Calculus Admissions Requirement for STEM Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. high school graduates in 2019 (40%) had completed precalculus/mathematical analysis. And only 16% of graduates had completed calculus that year.

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A brief look at … Mexico

The PIE News

The private research-based university, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, ranked fourth and Mexico City’s National Autonomous University of Mexico came seventh. Between 2000 and 2019, the number of international degree-seeking Mexican students more than doubled – from 15,816 to 34,319, according to UNESCO.

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CREATE-ing a More Accessible World Through Technology

Insight Into Diversity

The Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE) at the University of Washington (UW) is leading a transformative movement in higher education and technology. Speech-to-text technology, for instance, was used by disabled people long before it became ubiquitous.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. Latinx participation in the Metro College Success Program learning community increased by 25% between 2019 and 2024.

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Report reveals widening European interest and shift towards STEM

The PIE News

At both levels, the proportion of student interest from India tracked has declined overall since 2019. Business & management remains the most popular discipline for master’s students, followed by social sciences and engineering & technology despite all three seeing mild declines in student interest.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Manhattanville also opened a Center for Design Thinking in 2019, in what had long been the president’s cottage.

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