Coursera blog

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO Today, the World Economic Forum published the Future of Jobs Report 2025, revealing that shifts in technology, the economy, demographics, and the green transition will dramatically reshape labor markets worldwide. To prepare your workforce, visit coursera.org/business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

Lim is now leading the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) into the future. Growing up in Malaysia, Lim wanted to skip college, join the military and pursue the dream of becoming a pilot. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.” Unfortunately, he could not meet the 20-20 eyesight requirement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Acoff is Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi. She is also a professor of Mechanical Engineering, and she serves on the Board of Directors for Carpenter Technology Corporation and the Board of Trustees for the Four Little Girls Memorial Fund.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. HBCUs are not only esteemed institutions of higher learning but also an unrivaled catalyst for social mobility and economic engines for their surrounding communities. Dr. Michael L.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As AI (artificial intelligence) continues to reshape industries, Complete College America (CCA) launched its Council on Equitable AI in 2024, a significant move that addresses systemic inequities in higher education. This initiative highlights AI’s growing role in educational settings and its potential to advance student success.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 27, 2025

However, one other area is especially close to my heart: the plight of small colleges. The Plight of Small Colleges If youve followed my journey, you know that I earned my undergraduate degree from Urbana University, a small private college in Urbana, Ohioa city with a current population of 11,161.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2025

Today, NTU boasts an impressive 17 colleges, including the newly established School of Political Science and Economics, cementing its position as a global leader in education, research, and innovation. Here, NTU reveals what makes it an exemplary higher education institution in a crowded market. What do these programs offer?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This group, smaller in number, comprised almost exclusively Black and brown graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. That early intellectual curiosity was the impetus for my brand-new “Black Males in Engineering” (BME) project.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

April 14, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Tuskegee University is the ninth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Programs include Engineering, Architecture, Business, Education, and Nursing & Allied Health, as well as a renowned College of Veterinary Medicine.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Two world-renowned universities in London are partnering with technology learning specialists in a bid to foster skills needed to succeed in the technology sector. In partnerships announced this week, Imperial College London has linked up with online coding bootcamp provider HyperionDev.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As a top research university, the Georgia Institute of Technology invests in high-performance computing (HPC) systems to ensure researchers have the computing resources they need to innovate and make discoveries. But when the university recently launched a new supercomputer, it was for a different set of users.

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University Business

MARCH 26, 2024

AI and its related fields are forecasted as the academic programs of tomorrow , and the University of South Florida and Vanderbilt University have already begun to build on this by introducing new colleges. A pair of reports from Forbes and CNBC confirm the salary premium of engineering graduates as they walk into their first salaried job.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

February 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke: This profile of Earlham College is the second in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. For the 2023-24 academic year, U.S.

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

Credentials holders in computer-related fields, such as computer science, computer engineering and computer and information sciences, are the country’s most lucrative students early into their careers, according to Department of Education data compiled by The HEA Group and College Scorecard.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Banning AI use in college classrooms is a pointless and exhausting endeavor. AI 101 for Teachers: A series of videos, with companion guides, on AI foundations for educators from collaborative partners – Code.org, Educational Testing Service (ETS), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), and Khan Academy.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JANUARY 8, 2025

As technological innovations accelerate and global competition intensifies, schools, colleges, and universities must adopt strategies that meet the evolving expectations of prospective students. Marketing technology plays a pivotal role in streamlining operations.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

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.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In the US, there is a clear linkage between research and innovation, but in India, those linkages were not there earlier, said Nikhil Agarwal, managing director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer , IIT Delhi. The Nvidias and Googles of the world have built products with the help of US university research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As chief executive officers in the California community college system, we embarked upon the topic of STEM out of an acute awareness of the lack of Dr. Lennor Johnson opportunities available to disproportionately impacted communities, and a shared commitment to forging increased pathways for those with the least access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2024

million gift upon Howard Community College in support of programming and scholarships in its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) division. million gift upon Howard Community College to help support it science, technology, engineering, and mathematics division.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These are three of the six must-have modules for a cybersecurity course, and these 10 colleges have them all. Since the pandemic, the increased reliance on digital technology, such as virtual meetings and online learning, has created additional pathways enabling bad actors to access confidential student and employee data. .

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University Business

JANUARY 15, 2025

Kathy Hochul will soon announce a plan to offer free tuition to state and city colleges for students pursuing associates degrees in certain high-demand fields. The post Hochul to announce free tuition plan at city and state colleges appeared first on University Business. New York Gov. Read more at NBC News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spelman College has received a historic $100 million gift. The Atlanta-based institution was founded in 1881 and is considered a leading liberal arts college and global leader in the education of women of African descent. in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Will college pay off for you, the student/consumer/worker? In 2017, we co-authored a video called the College Meltdown. A February 2024 report by the Burning Glass Institute and the Strada Institute for the Future of Work found that 52% of recent four-year college graduates are underemployed within a year of graduating.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2025

Several Canadian colleges and universities across various provinces have also recently reduced programs and staff due to a decline in international student enrolment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Before entering the corporate world, Scott built a foundation in academia as a biology professor at Norfolk State University and served in administrative roles at Boston College and Spelman College. in biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nembhard will become the sixth president of Harvey Mudd College, effective Jul. Carver Professor of Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering. in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan; a B.S. in industrial engineering from the Arizona State University; and a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Lastly, a college or university’s commitment must be sustained over time. and graduate 19%.

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Helix Education

MARCH 19, 2025

As higher education faces what experts call an “ enrollment cliff ,” with projections showing a potential 15% decline in traditional college-aged students, institutions are radically re-imagining their recruitment strategies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. But that course may not be the best way to prepare for those looking to pursue careers in engineering or computer science, Donovan said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) have been in existence for over 50 years, serving not only Native American and Alaskan Native students but anyone from the rural communities where they reside. train future teachers, nurses, engineers, and more. The 35 TCUs in the U.S. and improve American lives with progressive ideas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. Broadening Black males’ participation in science and engineering extends our country’s ability to solve our — and the world’s — grand challenges. Dr. Brian A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The exclusion of Florida State University’s football team from the College Football Playoff serves as a stark reminder of the challenges facing high school recruits, particularly quarterbacks, hoping to join top-tier college football programs.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

” This includes fields like engineering, renewable energy, healthcare, education, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. . “They’ve really wanted to support students that are studying areas that contribute directly to those goals.”

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 28, 2024

STEM students vote at lower rates than college students over all. For years, students studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics have voted at lower rates than their peers—especially lagging those in education and library science, who are most likely to vote.

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