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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” It goes on, “Even a few decades ago, no one could have fully anticipated future investments in computer science, quantum computing, or climate science—fields where Princeton is now a leader.” ” Is Princeton truly a leader in these fields?

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

KCU faculty members joined the program that includes mentorship, case presentations, curriculum information, how to take a medical history, a suture clinic, and identity workshops. Mary’s University School of Science, Engineering and Technology First-Generation Summer Start Scholars Program St.

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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Instead of the merely performative inclusion of the social sciences and humanities in STEM curricula (like the proverbial “ethics module” to satisfy accreditation), we create the kinds of integration in which the liberal arts aren’t ancillary, but partners at healing the hyper-specialization and fragmentation of the academy.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

For all the talk about equity and access, a growing share of institutions restrict access to their honors colleges, research programs, and high demand majors, partly as a way to attract and retain coveted students and in part to improve departmental rankings in especially popular fields like business, computer science, engineering, and nursing.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

College of Science Mentoring and Inclusion Collaborative (COSMIC) Clemson University College of Science In COSMIC, enrolled students from eight affinity groups gain a keen sense of belongingness. Participants are assisted in securing a paid internship in the tech industry in one of three hub cities: Silicon Valley, Calif.;

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People, Culture and Environment in REF 2029: join the journey

HEPI

Ten workshops are planned, covering areas such as research strategy and leadership; research integrity and open research; equality, diversity and inclusion; and collegiality, belonging and healthy research environments. However, the opportunity to engage in the creation of indicators and assessment processes is for the whole sector.

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Challenge Labs – a new way of doing research and teaching

HEPI

Two additional words, ‘collaboration’ and ‘inclusion’, make clear that Nurse is envisaging deep culture change. The students who signed up – from Classics, Architecture, and Computing Science – were up for the challenge of co-designing the project. But how do we make this happen in local as well as more structural ways?