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International graduates found to earn less than Canadian peers

The PIE News

However, [this] does not necessarily explain the difference in income observed at the masters and doctoral levels, wrote Etmanski, highlighting that a large proportion of international graduates at this level worked in the natural and applied sciences, where incomes are higher than average. Source: Statistics Canada.

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Campus sustainability: Where the U.S. lands in the world rankings

University Business

Each school was graded on attention to climate change, clean energy, water conservation, waste recycling, green transportation and sustainability education and research. The University of Connecticut excelled at recycling and sustainability education and research. The highest-ranked U.S. The University of Connecticut placed 10th.

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators. Dr. Paul Acquaro is a lecturer at FOM University of Applied Science for Economics and Management in Berlin and an adjunct assistant professor teaching online with New York Universitys School of Professional Studies.

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Colleges start new programs

Inside Higher Ed

Hiram College is starting graduate-level certificate in trauma-informed education. Tallahassee Community College is starting a bachelor of applied science in business administration. Mississippi State University at Meridian will be starting its first doctoral degree: a doctorate in psychology. in marketing.

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A Norwegian vision: transforming higher education with VECOIL partnerships

The PIE News

In the midst of Norway’s enchanting fjords and endless summer daylight, a gathering of educators takes place at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences in Bergen. This commitment to accessibility ensures that students from diverse backgrounds can access quality education.

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How micro-credentials are spurring deeper collaboration between community college and employers

University Business

. “When aviation has a dip, we feel it,” says Jennifer Seymour, v ice president of general education and skilled trades at the Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology, familiarly known as WSU Tech. This issue has also plagued some of higher ed’s micro-credentials offerings.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

How might this precept apply to higher education? As the historian Henry Steele Commager observed six decades ago, American higher education is an amalgam of four distinct educational traditions. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university. Priorities conflict.