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Gonzaga launches mentored tech boot camps

Inside Higher Ed

In one 2021 Student Voice survey , nearly half of students couldn’t name a single mentor, even one they’d found on their own. Image: Students benefit from mentors, but structured mentorship isn’t part of many academic programs. ” Gonzaga is Springboard’s 10th university partnership.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” As Axios explains, “The school’s entire annual operating expense in 2021 was $1.86 The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. In 2021, after the endowment had risen to $53 billion, the first-year class consisted of 1,675 freshmen.

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Netherlands: call for higher education funding rethink in ongoing international debate

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Last year, Dutch minister for Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, told The PIE in an exclusive interview that the country was searching for an “optimal” number of international students, while he praised the role of student and researcher international exchanges. times as many as the 2005/06 figure. Read it here.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

The concept of expanding the university’s offerings in computing, data science and applied science, detailed in a November 3 article , is not a new one. In the data science program, which just began in 2020, the number of degrees conferred went from eight in 2021 to 35 in 2022.

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Responsibilities and gatekeeping in using language certificates for HE admission

SRHE

And is now studying electrical engineering.” Stefanie Schröder, MA, is the coordinator for continuing higher education at the Hochschulallianz Ruhr at Bochum University of Applied Sciences. And went through with it, mercilessly. So really, as a prime example. Previously, she worked as a researcher at the DZHW.

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Creating career-ready graduates

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

The MEMS program alone has increased from three students in 2013 to 150 in 2021. As automation continues to be at the forefront of manufacturing, LCCC is preparing a local workforce with a new applied bachelor’s degree currently in development. LCCC’s MEMS students work on a microscopic scale while thinking big.

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A “pathway to Finland” – the boost needed for its 2030 goal?

The PIE News

Edunation’s Pathway to Finland program, which was set up in 2021, saw a record 279 students in its last iteration, and is seeing demand for an expanded Europe track. It’s had four cycles online since the beginning of 2021. “Two years ago during the pandemic, we decided that we need to do things differently,” Suominen tells The PIE.