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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Loves current focus is a web-based citizen science project called Name That Neutrino that she and her students created in 2023, seeking a multitude of volunteers to participate in the process. Through the research, she was able to demonstrate the utility of citizen science for classifying neutrino events in the IceCube detector.

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Reading, Writing, and Thinking in the Age of AI

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These moves align with the ways experts organize and apply knowledge in their fields. While we certainly share these concerns, we do remain relatively optimistic about one aspect of higher education: learning to write. What gives us reason for hope comes down to how we define writing. an academic discipline), social worlds (e.g.,

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

A 2018 study published in Nature, a journal focused on advancements in science, found that nearly 40% of graduate students globally experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. Studies consistently reveal troubling statistics. a rate six times higher than the general population.

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Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success 

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Having a perfectly organized course and a stellar instructional approach may still not yield success for all students. However, contemplating the necessary ingredients to cultivate student success is multifaceted and heavily influenced by a multiplicity of factors. What motivates one may not motivate all.

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

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We tested this theory by working with a client, Artists Alliance Incorporated, a non-profit arts organization in New York City, who needed to rebuild its web presence. In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators. 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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Why Non-Traditional Learners Need the Liberal Arts—and Vice Versa

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For two decades, the gradual decline of the liberal arts degree has been met with both resignation and celebration. As higher education faces growing pressure to invest in academic programs that provide direct pathways to a career, many resource-strapped colleges have responded by making significant cuts to their liberal arts offerings.