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

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We piloted the two bots in a Strategic Communications course taught at the NYU School of Professional Studies, Division of Programs in Business, during the spring 2024 semester. Dr. Steven Goss is the dean of the School of Professional Studies at Manhattan College. So, how did the bots do?

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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Binghamton University Looking to Hire 30 Replacement Faculty and 36 New Faculty with $6.5 Million SUNY Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The end goal is to boost BU’s national research profile, according to the school. BU deans were asked to create proposals for the new faculty positions. BU deans were asked to create proposals for the new faculty positions. Over half the money – $3.9 Like broaden their horizons on stuff they’re interested in.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology to Drop Pre-Calculus Admissions Requirement for STEM Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Deirdre Donovan “We're just recognizing that that Pre-Calculus requirement was just another bar to entry for a whole lot of students,” said Dr. Deirdre Donovan, the inaugural director of first-year math in Wentworth's School of Computing and Data Science. She joined the Boston school in 2022.

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Gonzaga launches mentored tech boot camps

Inside Higher Ed

Karlene Hoo, dean of Gonzaga’s School of Engineering & Applied Science, says that the partnership with Springboard “builds on Gonzaga’s mission to create pathways for people who seek contemporary career choices that enhance their professional and personal skill set.

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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.

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

Faculty Focus

We piloted the two bots in a Strategic Communications course taught at the NYU School of Professional Studies, Division of Programs in Business, during the spring 2024 semester. is a clinical faculty member and chair of the Management and Technology program in the Division of Business Programs at NYU School of Professional Studies (NYU SPS).