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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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20 Years of WOW: Celebrating Innovation in Digital Learning

WCET Frontiers

These themes show that, while the specific challenges and technologies may evolve, the core focus of WOW Award-winning projects remains on driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and ensuring equity in digital learning. She also mentioned that WCET members are consistently on the cutting edge in using educational technologies.

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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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Small College America – Profile: Tuskegee University

Edu Alliance Journal

Programs include Engineering, Architecture, Business, Education, and Nursing & Allied Health, as well as a renowned College of Veterinary Medicine. Students complete a liberal arts core while pursuing majors in fields like engineering, agriculture, the sciences, business, and the humanities.

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The Vision and Strategies of Engineers Canada (EC)

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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.