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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. It ' s also among the fastest growing. According to Dr. Amy J.

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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

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percent between 2020 and 2021, the steepest decline ever for the NSF’s annual census of new Ph.D.s. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021. The survey period for the forthcoming report ran from July 2020 to June 2021, a full year of the pandemic. production in 2021 to COVID-19.

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Greece gears up for international education boom

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Greece is gearing up for an international education boom, with its universities focused on an internationalisation drive and the inception of new Study in Greece initiatives, according to a key stakeholder. Indians generally want to come for a master’s degree, or a bachelor’s in economics or computer science.

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Starting Salaries for Bachelor’s Degrees in Traditionally Higher-Paying Disciplines Leveling Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Employers that responded to NACE’s Winter 2023 Salary Survey are expecting to pay Class of 2023 graduates with bachelor’s degrees in engineering ($74,405) and math and sciences ($67,199) average salaries just 0.7% The average starting salary for bachelor’s degree graduates in computer science is expected to decrease by 4.0%

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Ghost Students: The Rise of Bots in Online Education 

Faculty Focus

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. This is different from generic applications where chatbots may only handle customer service inquiries.

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City St. George’s merger to create “powerhouse”

The PIE News

In 2021/22, of the university’s 4,825 total students, 285 were international. George’s hopes their alliance will “deliver scale, reach, capability, and resilience,” broadening both institutions’ reach in areas of policy, communication, business, management, biomedical engineering and computer science. The post City St.

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Higher Education forecast for 2023

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With the door to 2022 shut firmly behind us, it’s time to step off the doorstep, out into the open that is 2023 and explore four things that we think will be on the horizon for higher education in 2023. For example, there were over 2 million vacancies for tech roles between May 2021 and 2022, from a total 14.85 Augar Report.