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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

2014; Agarwal, 2019). Teaching with Technology: Empower and Encourage, Don’t Police and Instill Fear Technology tools like plagiarism detectors and AI checkers can erode trust if used as punitive measures. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. References Agarwal, P.

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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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MIT Exonerates Professor—After 3.5-Year Wait

Inside Higher Ed

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received research misconduct allegations against Ram Sasisekharan in 2019. This spring, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finally announced it had exonerated Ram Sasisekharan, a biological engineering professor, after a three-and-a-half-year research misconduct investigation.

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New Video Series Showcases Research on Black Males Navigating and Succeeding in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A brand-new video series that highlights the diverse experiences of Black boys and men in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields, has launched under the direction of a prominent researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We Dr. Brian A.

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The Vision and Strategies of Engineers Canada (EC)

Creatrix Campus

The Vision and Strategies of Engineers Canada (EC) editor Fri, 04/28/2023 - 06:51 Engineers will be essential in determining the future of Canadian society as the nation's population expands, urbanizes, and becomes more interconnected. EC is Canada's national organization that represents the engineering profession.

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Coursera Coach: Providing Essential Learner Support

Coursera blog

This finding likely relates to how women face a higher level of unpaid responsibilities like home, family, and childcare, resulting in less time for learning (Allione & Stein, 2016; Perez, 2019; Urban, 2023). 2019), science identity, and sense of belonging (Walton et al., link] Handoko, E., Gronseth, S. Mcneil, S. link] Perez, C.

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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.