Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Scott Shireman, Global Head of Coursera for Campus Career outcomes are a top decision-making factor for students selecting their higher education institution. Enhancing curricula to better align with in-demand skills used by today’s employers is therefore a top priority for higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

19 proposals were accepted for the Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science; 13 for the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences; two for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; one for the School of Management; and one for the Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

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University Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The role of college leadership has significantly evolved in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). With AI transforming various sectors, higher education is no exception. Failing to integrate AI into the college curriculum would be a disservice to students, leaving them unprepared for the demands of the modern workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

Growing up in Malaysia, Lim wanted to skip college, join the military and pursue the dream of becoming a pilot. He attended a school that specialized in science and while still a teenager in 1983 came alone to the United States to pursue higher education. Unfortunately, he could not meet the 20-20 eyesight requirement.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“These courses also provide incarcerated students and formerly incarcerated alumni with knowledge, skills, and connections they can use to benefit their children and families, multiplying the impact of a single college degree.” Currently, only about 35% of state prisons offer some form of college programming, according to NCAN.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It took a university-wide approach to zero in on opportunities to rebound the enrollment numbers, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, which paralyzed colleges and universities across the nation. From 1998 to 2003, Floyd served the university before going on to lead the University of Missouri and Washington State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. That “ elite colleges simultaneously reproduce class inequality and belief in the justness of that inequality.” ” That “ Nothing divides America—economically, socially and politically—like a college degree.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2025

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. in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Steven Goss, Ed.D.,

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“Every time I taught it, it kind of doubled,” said Duma, professor of engineering and director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science. When colleges consolidate more students into fewer course sections, they may cut their net expenses. More than 1,000 students signed up. “Absolutely not.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

by Jana Berg, Michael Grüttner, Stefanie Schröder With the exception of a few master’s degree programs, the German higher education system is dominated by monolingual organizations. Therefore, language certificates are a key element of access to German higher education for international students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Those looking to apply to Wentworth are required to have four years of English, a mathematics course on the level of Algebra II, and one laboratory science course under their belt. It will not be mandatory for all students, just the ones applying to Wentworth programs that formerly required prior pre-Calculus completion.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” The article raises a lot of issues swirling around the more elite segments of higher education: Are academic standards diminishing? Of course, incidents at private universities where the total cost of attendance hovers around $90,000 a year says little about higher ed as a whole. They don’t.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures. This 30-credit block of courses satisfies most, if not all, general education requirements and went into effect in fall 2014. And improvement is needed.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

JUNE 3, 2021

At Lorain County Community College, we celebrated the class of 2021 with unforgettable tributes to our remarkable graduates. What’s more, 46% of this year’s graduates are the first in their families to earn a college degree. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

APRIL 4, 2022

April is Community College Month, a time to celebrate the broad impact of our nation’s community colleges. Lorain County Community College. LCCC’s history of serving the community stretches back to 1963 when the need was recognized for a local college to create higher education access and a bridge to gainful employment.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

AUGUST 22, 2022

In these times of monumental change, our community turns to Lorain County Community College to light a path to the future. One example of this employer and program connection is the new Bachelor of Applied Science in Smart Industrial Automated Systems Engineering Technology.

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The PIE News

MARCH 13, 2025

According to Acumen, Nepal Rising helped the universities gain deeper insights into the South Asian countrys K-12 market, transnational education space and government regulations in the education sector, and also encouraged engagement with over 35 Nepali counsellors and agents. of Nepal’s GDP an estimated $11 billion in 2023.

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HESA

MAY 18, 2023

On this week’s episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast, Javier Botero joins us to discuss Colombian higher education. Colombia’s higher education system is complex. That prosperity has also benefit higher education in the country with enrollments more than doubling over that period.

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HESA

MAY 18, 2023

On this week’s episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast, Javier Botero joins us to discuss Colombian higher education. Columbia’s higher education system is complex. That prosperity has also benefit higher education in the country with enrollments more than doubling over that period.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2023

This fall, Chicago residents will be offed the opportunity to earn an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree with a focus in Criminal Justice, at no cost. The program can be finished in as little as 12 months, and students will have the option to apply to the Chicago Police Academy (CPD) and waive the Department's entrance exam.

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The PIE News

APRIL 24, 2023

The letter also expresses that there is a pressing need for a “central management” system around higher education, especially in regards to international student recruitment – with which, Dijkgraaf said he should have the option to “intervene” if necessary. “The

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The PIE News

MAY 24, 2023

The UK represents heavily in the student support category, with Study Group, FTI Consulting, University of Bristol and QA Higher Education all joining Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences from the Netherlands and studentVIP in Canada as finalists.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Many in higher education, both Dutch and international students and staff, are left in shock, anger and disbelief. This result brings a major blow to both internationalisation activities and the financing of higher education. There is a wave of disappointment and sadness.

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GlobalHigherEd

JULY 14, 2016

Or might an equivalent of Cornell Tech NYC be worth creating in European higher education and research space? Hearing 2 – Higher Education and Research (A. EU Membership and UK Science (Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords, 20 April 2016). , about one possible risk-reducing option.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

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.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Since 2015, the awards have recognized the achievements of higher educational institutions and organizations nationwide that have raised the bar when developing comprehensive and viable solutions to challenging distance education compliance/state authorization issues. General Counsel, NC-SARA.

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