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Exporting Degrees, Importing Responsibility: Rethinking Careers Support for International Graduates

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UELs Global Employability Model At the University of East London (UEL), this principle is central to our mission. The Summit spanning Chennai, Hyderabad, and Vadodara brought together leaders from academia, government, and industry to explore partnerships that align a UEL education with Indias economic and societal needs.

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

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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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Women in STEM: Perception Versus Reality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If we want to disrupt systemic oppression, we need a model that prioritizes care, empathy, love, authenticity, healing, hope, collectivity, solidarity, and community,” said Gaston Gayles, president of ASHE and distinguished graduate professor and senior advisor for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion at North Carolina State University.

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Researcher Draws on Self-Discipline in Pursuit to Combat Alzheimer’s Disease

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Agbomi has worked closely with mentors there to investigate and research self-organizing neural units to model ischemic stroke and other neuropathology. Agbomi has also worked on analyzing data of the disruption of the extracellular morphogenesis of cardiac tissues in two avian models of cyanotic heart defects. “As

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NYU interdisciplinary experiential learning takes off

Inside Higher Ed

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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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 It is committed to being a model bilingual, bicultural and biliterate institution.

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