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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The numbers tell a compelling story of transformation for the historically Black college and university (HBCU). Muhammad, a cybersecurity engineering major, is the youngest first year student in the schools history. When Jenkins arrived, the university faced a challenging 52 percent retention rate.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Provide guidance and resources to ensure they feel confident in this role. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Teachers College Press. Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors. Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. Hammond, Z.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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Earning Our AI Literacy License

Faculty Focus

Banning AI use in college classrooms is a pointless and exhausting endeavor. A Solid Start: States are crafting AI guidance for schools, but have more to do. Instead, we should learn alongside our students to become AI literate. References Klein, A. 2024, September 11). Education Week. link] Lambert, D. 2024, October 4).

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Tenacity Propels African Immigrant Along Engineering Path

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. But Nerrise didn’t have a lot of guidance on how to channel her abilities. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Growing up, there wasn’t really anyone telling me that engineering was a path I could take.

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Community Colleges Ease STEM Math Placement Rules, Addressing Critics

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California math educators this fall have been locked in a vigorous debate: Will the implementation of a new law help more community college STEM students by skipping prerequisites and placing them directly into calculus, or will it set up the states least-prepared students for failure? This week, critics scored something of a victory.