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UW Gets Google Gift to Diversify Computer Science Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Washington (UW) and Google have announced a $400,000 gift from the tech giant that will go towards efforts to diversify the field of K-12 computer science education. Computer science is one of America’s most critical fields. Ko Th e lack of diversity is mirrored in the computer science teaching force.

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22% of Tenure-Track Professors Have a Parent With a Ph.D.

Inside Higher Ed

The study involved combining national-level data on education, income and university rankings with a 2017–2020 survey of 7,204 U.S.-based based tenure-track faculty members across eight disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, business and the humanities. Morgan, a recent computer science Ph.D.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

More from UB: President moves: 2 leaders’ last dances and a search committee stuck in the mud Leverage community college pipelines The University of North Iowa is experiencing its largest enrollment class since 2020, months before the pandemic, and the largest year-to-year increase in enrollment in more than a decade.

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Aus: PhD visa delays ‘damaging reputation’

The PIE News

Now, tired of deferring, Hamed has secured another scholarship at a UK university. . I am worried that we’ll see a decline in our ability to recruit top PhD students in the coming years,” said Clément Canonne, a computer science lecturer at the University of Sydney. .

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Report Describes Pandemic Impact on College Choices of the COVID Cohort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If my grades from the 2020-21 school year turned out differently in just one class, I’d feel more open to applying to other schools.” Sitting in isolation, I found a passion for computer science and STEM related fields,” said one student. Once I got behind in one class it was almost impossible to catch up.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4 The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. A study of employment records of nearly 300,000 tenured and tenure-track faculty members employed between 2011 and 2020 at 368 Ph.D.-granting

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