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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pathways for Careers in Manufacturing and Engineering, a joint effort from Cal State Fullerton’s Extension and International Programs and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received $211,000 to spark community college students’, high schoolers’, and eventually, middle schoolers’ interest in the field of biomanufacturing.

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Stakeholders adapt to changing trends among Indian students

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“We are seeing a lot of interest in courses in data science, analytics, management information systems as students are sensing higher employability in these areas compared to the conventional computer science program,” said Agarwal. “We Ashutosh Agarwal, Rochester Institute of Technology. “We

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Generative AI in Higher Education: Navigating Policy, Ethics, and Skills Development

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Among the survey’s findings is the influence of AI on students’ academic interests, with computer science surpassing engineering as the top subject choice. By 2030, up to 375 million workers could need to transition to new roles as automation and digital disruption reshape entire industries.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we are preparing our students for skills in artificial intelligence, we know that by 2030 there will be new positions that we don’t even know what they’re called at this point, but we want our students to be ready.” Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “As

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Driving Global Economic Success Through Diversity and Prosperity in STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Dell Technologies, professionals believe that 85% of STEM jobs that will be needed in 2030 don’t exist currently. Despite the incremental increase in women entering STEM fields, there are far fewer female workers in computing and engineering than men. Substantial changes in the field are right around the corner.

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Struggling to develop AI programs? Look no further than these 4 schools

University Business

trillion by 2030 , translating to a 14.5% More from UB: Several prominent universities end legacy admissions in light of affirmative action ending Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech’s College of Computing has the highest placement rate across all institution programs, according to Great Value Colleges.

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Gender Equality in Research & Innovation – How Gender Impacts the Research Journey

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Notably, at the current pace of change, equality remains unacceptably far away; for example, although women’s representation in mathematics, engineering and computer science is increasing, it is not projected to reach parity with men’s until 2052.