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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). Similarly, at Lincoln Memorial Osteopathic Medical School, pre-matriculation anatomy boot camps led to higher gross anatomy exam scores (Herling et al.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Every hour in 2019, more than three artificial intelligence preprints were submitted to arXiv—an open-access repository of electronic scientific preprints. “It’s kind of like in medical school when they talk about the ‘half-life of knowledge.’ Departments Spread Too Thin.

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In response, dozens of universities, public health schools and medical schools around the world decided to refuse tobacco money of any kind. So how can universities avoid the perils of fossil-funded corrosion of intellectual autonomy? Real disclosure is a start.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

At the same time, presidential turnover has intensified , with 123 resigning in 2019 and 107 in 2021. That vision may be highly ambitious, for example, becoming a Tier 1 research institution and adding a medical school, or more focused: dramatically increasing the number of underrepresented students who enter STEM fields.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). Similarly, at Lincoln Memorial Osteopathic Medical School, pre-matriculation anatomy boot camps led to higher gross anatomy exam scores (Herling et al.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . Scaling Up Programs for Underrepresented Students — Georgia Institute of Technology. Minority Male Initiative — Broward College.

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Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

HEPI

The London Medical Schools were clamouring for that right for themselves.) Listed among providers granted taught DAP by the Office for Students is the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology (2021). When it published its grants of DAP from 2019 the Office for Students did not include Degree Apprenticeships.

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