Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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HEPI

MARCH 6, 2025

Opening our research up in this way not only helps to prevent fraud ( more prevalent than we might think in academia) but also encourages more collaboration with peers and enables others to build on your work. For example, say we trial an intervention with Engineering students before rolling it out across the institution.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

” Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects program invites undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty across academia and research, to collaborate on multi-year complex problems. . “It works for university researchers—not necessarily for its students and society.” “The vaccine worked. .”

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

CIOs and their network support engineers constantly have to find creative ways to improve their network configurations to support the ever-growing number of devices on campus. Most importantly, CIOs must foster an innovative and experimental culture that will enable the network engineers to try out new AI solutions on the network.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. but only 34% of the STEM workforce; they also earn only 24% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering, 24% in physics, and 21% in computer science.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But she also held a fascination with math, specifically with how math can be used to create tools and engineer solutions to problems. She’s found a way to pursue both, having earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and now working toward a Ph.D. Grad school is so difficult.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University. . Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S. in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2023

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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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 28, 2023

The Vision and Strategies of Engineers Canada (EC) editor Fri, 04/28/2023 - 06:51 Engineers will be essential in determining the future of Canadian society as the nation's population expands, urbanizes, and becomes more interconnected. EC is Canada's national organization that represents the engineering profession.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The results reflected problems that Black academics have always known to plague academia: institutional racism and insufficient support for Black ECAs that create barriers to job security and career advancement for Black academics. There’s kind of Black academics in particular exiting academia at various stages. think tank.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

for business, engineering and philosophy majors, and 1.9% For example, several survey respondents observed that academics were not required to connect academia to prospective employment opportunities. The unemployment rate for English majors was 2.3%, which is near that of all college graduates and those on different academic paths.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. However, colleges and universities offering premium programs in specific trades like engineering and agriculture helped diversify the list.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. Yet the humanities are crucial , even—or especially— in a world that prioritizes science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. This kind of education could help them develop more innovative and engaging games.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

More from UB: Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found increased soft skills competencies in students whose medical education was integrated with the humanities and arts. What can we do? With better representation come better life outcomes.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Google has installed Google residence instructors on campus who are vetted software engineers to help shape school curricula and lead workshops to develop technical skills. “We want to serve our community and make a difference, and inspire change in academia through research and get our students into the workforce.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Also, graduates of such schools are not likely to receive offers for positions in academia. “If Over the past year, the Alfred P.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. From a childhood of pumping gas and bookkeeping for the family business to a career in software engineering, he developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. Alumni, especially recent graduates, can speak to the practical applications of the education they received and offer advice on navigating the transition from academia to the workforce.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“This is a really innovative way of addressing a serious skills gap and shortage in the labour market,” co-director of the DSI, Mark Kennedy said, a point also picked up by HyperionDev’s founder and CEO, Riaz Moola.

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Cisco blogs - Education

AUGUST 14, 2022

Australia has incredible talent across academia and industry, and one of my great career passions has been working with others to realise their combined potential. This ‘engine of innovation’ is one of the most exciting aspects of the NIIN and is already seeing ground-breaking result. The horizontal integration of talent.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. It creates long-term development beyond the revolving door of academia. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Michael Gutierrez “We believe that Hartnell College is an engine for economic vitality in our region and for students to move from poverty to prosperity,” says Michael Gutierrez, superintendent/president of Hartnell. “In When looking at mid-size metropolitan cities in the U.S.,

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. Alumni, especially recent graduates, can speak to the practical applications of the education they received and offer advice on navigating the transition from academia to the workforce.

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HEPI

JULY 18, 2024

Only after taking additional courses in search engine optimisation (SEO), content creation, social media marketing, and advertising was I able to advance from my first role as a Digital Marketing Executive at Davpack to a Digital PR Manager at The Workplace Depot.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Among the survey’s findings is the influence of AI on students’ academic interests, with computer science surpassing engineering as the top subject choice. The policy imperative for universities It is essential for universities to be proactive about guiding AI’s use in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Gaston Gayles directly addressed the toxicity of the constantly productive, highly competitive environment in academia. Fields in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) and business were more likely to offer paid internships, while arts and humanities were less likely to pay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

He never saw himself pursuing a career in academia until his high school biology teacher encouraged him to apply for a scholarship to Cornell University. “It He says evolutionary biology is a field with less racial diversity than other science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. He makes you excited to learn more.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

He directs the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity at Rice University, where he has taught, among other subjects, engineering and computational applied mathematics and operations research. “We And it wasn’t that we were fighting society or academia. of all scientists and engineers employed full-time and16.7%

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. Christopher A. His sudden departure leaves a void not only in the lives of his loved ones but also in the fields of higher education, social justice, and diversity advocacy. Christopher A.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

According to the Credential Engine , almost one million credentials are available in the U.S. “If a learner was ever ready to go to college and higher education was open to recognizing their achievement outside of academia, that would reduce that risk-aversion that counselors are feeling.” Should higher ed be worried?

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. The interwoven relationship between workforce readiness, business and industrial development, and academia has existed since the beginning of public education in the United States (McNamara, 2009).

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I enjoyed the course and found the lesson on prompt engineering to be the most intriguing. One of the ways in which academic librarians can enter the generative AI realm in higher education is through teaching faculty and students prompt engineering.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” Lawrence is one of academia’s earliest adopters of the controversial ChatGPT AI in the classroom, and thanks to it, Lawrence has witnessed a sizable elevation in student comprehension of class curriculum at a very early stage of the spring semester.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

” That said, “the rewards system in academia still only rarely recognizes that researchers add and create value in a multitude of ways—including engaging with policy makers, media, public health officials, health-care providers and other diverse communities outside of academia.”

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

A mechanical engineer with decades of experience in both academia and industry, she was previously the dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Jayathi Murthy’s term as president of Oregon State University began in September 2022.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Many students struggled with prompt engineering and needed clear guidance on how to use it effectively, preferring to use AI-powered writing assistants like Wordtune instead of ChatGPT. This will pose challenges to authenticity and authorship that academia is currently struggling with in nearly every industry.

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