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QS rankings: US and UK unis lead but Asian countries excel

The PIE News

Sapienza University of Rome retains its number one ranking for classics and ancient history, while the University of Amsterdam leads in communication & media studies, and Wageningen University & Research holds the top spot in agriculture & forestry.

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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.” It’s not something that can be achieved through good intentions or bureaucratic expansion.

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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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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Course requirements are wide-ranging, balancing STEM courses with courses on AI and Ethics and Policy, Machine Learning for Economics, Philosophical Issues in Computation, Language and Computers, Science, Technology, and International Affairs, and Race, Gender, and Digital Media.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

For all the talk about equity and access, a growing share of institutions restrict access to their honors colleges, research programs, and high demand majors, partly as a way to attract and retain coveted students and in part to improve departmental rankings in especially popular fields like business, computer science, engineering, and nursing.

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

Each year, instructors share their course materials for a lesson study aimed at improving student engagement and achievement through “equity strands” such as standards-based instruction, complex instruction, culturally relevant pedagogy, and teaching for social justice.

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Challenge Labs – a new way of doing research and teaching

HEPI

Awarded a small amount of funding to collect information about the depth of digital knowledge in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, the Director of the Institute, Professor Jennifer Richards, turned to recent graduates for help, making use of the University’s internship scheme.