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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” It goes on, “Even a few decades ago, no one could have fully anticipated future investments in computer science, quantum computing, or climate science—fields where Princeton is now a leader.” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

See my own “Myths Shape the Continuing ‘Crisis of the Humanities,’ ” Inside Higher Ed, May 6, 2022) For his part, Heller misrepresents the “decline” of the humanities while he simultaneously ignores the parallel decreases in the social sciences and to a lesser extent the natural sciences.

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Esther Kim Lee uncovers largely untold stories of Asian American history. “In My class dealing with history, it’s much more real,” she continued. As an undergraduate at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, Lee was a computer science major. in theater history from The Ohio State University.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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

University Business

Whether rebounding from a sluggish 2022 or rivaling pre-pandemic enrollment numbers, colleges and universities embraced a variety of initiatives to win new students and maintain a healthy cohort. While the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s enrollment overall is down from Fall 2022, it has seen an 11.5%

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

The PIE News

According to the latest Open Doors report, fewer than 16,000 students came from abroad to study humanities in US colleges in 2022/23 – only a few dozen more the previous year, whereas in 2020/21 the number was just shy of 17,000.

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Why AI is about to become an integral part of higher education

University Business

In July 2022, more than 500 tech and education leaders issued a call to action advocating for the expansion of computer science education opportunities for students. This might be the single most important challenge in the history of the U.S. education system, and no organization can solve the problem alone.