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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

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Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. Missing Seats at Important Tables.

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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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Digital Transformation at UMBC – How the pandemic created an opportunity to reimagine student services

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We are a STEM-focused institution with our largest programs in Biology, Psychology, Computer Science and Information Systems. Digital Transformation: Student orientation and advising program. Digitizing student orientation and advising did more than allow us to deliver services remotely. Lessons learned.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. Morales, president of CSUSB. This is a paid, on-campus internship for undocumented students at CSUSB.

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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Inside Higher Ed

Amy Kurfist, a higher education senior research adviser at Hanover Research, a market research firm, said that the shift could also indicate that the recruitment techniques colleges and universities adopted during the pandemic may be working. Computer science, the sixth most popular major, saw significant growth, increasing by 10.4

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

First, pressures on young people from middle school forward to concentrate in engineering, computer science, or business for job security only increased. My pursuing the Ph.D. was risky; there were few positions when I took my degree in 1975. Three major currents demand greater attention.

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Initiative Empowers HBCU Students and Alums as Entrepreneurs

Insight Into Diversity

That feeling motivated Olawepo, a senior at Alabama A&M University majoring in computer science and software development, to create career networking software that helps connect students and alumni from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The culture is different [at HBCUs],” he says. “As

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