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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.”

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Strategic Blended Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

In spring 2021, inspired by feedback from students, I redesigned my two undergraduate education courses as blended learning courses. flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. 2019; Vallée et al.,

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Collaborative digital research infrastructure – the engine driving efficiencies in research and innovation  

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Victoria Moody, Director of Higher Education and Research at Jisc. DRI has underpinned the UK’s significant and diverse research and innovation achievements for decades. We work with a wide range of partners to ensure the DRI is effective and remains so.

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The Importance of Women’s Leadership in Higher Education

Kortext University Leaders' Blog

International Women’s Day (IWD) is annually on March 8 th around the world to recognise the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, as well as to raise awareness about the ongoing struggle for gender equality which is still very present in this day and age. But we’re not there yet.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. Mission HISPA seeks to inspire Latino students to discover their potential and to ignite their desire to embrace education and achieve success.

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Lunchtime Reading: Communicating the value of higher education to government in a new political era

HEPI

For higher education, a political affairs reset began long before the polls concluded. Yet throughout the election, the Labour Party like the previous government held back from making higher education a priority issue — too difficult, too many other priorities. Who would bet against at least a few ‘unknown unknowns’.