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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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#ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities

HEPI

The case for German is even stronger, as it is the most sought-after foreign language among UK employers and a key language in fields such as science, engineering, finance, and international relations. This highlights an alarming trend that could lead to further erosion of German language education in higher education institutions.

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. In the spring of 2023, the 375 full-time employees will move to a new headquarters in Boston near Harvard Medical School.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. In 2023, Cerritos adopted their Students First Framework, a homegrown initiative to provide strategies over the next decade to reach its goal of graduating more students in less time. “In Morales, president of CSUSB. years, compared to 4.2

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What Tyler Cowen Gets Wrong About What’s Wrong with Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

His first concern is the potential for a diminution of status among elite institutions, brought on by universities prioritizing labor force-friendly majors such as computer science and engineering over the humanities and social sciences. Third, Cowen worries that the best and brightest choose any career path as long as it is not academia.

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First time attendee at ACRL 2023: Getting there can be enough 

ACRLog

March has gone by so fast, and that’s definitely in part because of the ACRL 2023 conference. I got to catch up with some of my graduating cohort, since we’re all now scattered across the country (academia, am I right?) An interactive exhibit (“Commons Threads”) at ACRL 2023, where you looped thread around your answers.

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Dr. “Grace” Jinliu Wang Appointed President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University. . Grace” Jinliu Wang will become the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), effective Apr. Dr. Grace Wang “WPI’s founding principles of theory and practice resonate strongly with me,” Wang said. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.