Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Through mentorship and research, culturally relevant instruction and immersive experiences, these institutions are encouraging the next generation of institutions are encouraging the next generation of young people to reach their STEM career goals. The full list of 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners can be found here.

Medical School 122

Medical School Arts And Sciences Engineering Computer Science 122

University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A second NASEM report recommends the integration of the social sciences with STEM “because nearly every major challenge the United States faces … requires understanding the causes and consequences of people’s behavior.”

Liberal Arts 105

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering Computer Science 105

HEPI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study. What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance? Since most of these students will not pursue further education, this will be their final chance to undertake such academic exploration with institutional support.

Liberal Arts 106

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Computer Science History 106

University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Prioritize competitive academic programs As higher education engages with a skeptical public over the value of a degree, some institutions have chosen to leverage emerging workforce demands to create sought-after academic programs. It’s proven to be the right call.

Community College 111

Community College College Liberal Arts Computer Science 111

HEPI

MARCH 20, 2024

In December 2023, in response to input to our Initial Decisions consultation, we published a series of conclusions and importantly included an extension of the assessment period until 2029 to allow more time for institutions to prepare for changes. We have recently published our revised timetable.

Environment 98

Environment Arts And Sciences Computer Science Inclusivity 98

Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

PEER and WISE Programs Clemson University College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences The PEER and WISE programs support students academically and demonstrate best practices and high graduation rates for underrepresented populations at predominantly White institutions. Chicago, Ill.; and Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Engineering Computer Science Professional Development 98

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

In fall 2020, women represented 58 percent of undergraduates at degree-granting institutions nationwide, but 53 percent of assistant professors , 47 percent of associate professors and 35 percent of full professors. institutions received those degrees from only 20 percent of U.S. Yet, at most U.S. universities.

Faculty 117

Faculty Equity Computer Science Advise 117

HEPI

APRIL 10, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Philippa Page and Jennifer Richards of Newcastle University’s Humanities Research Institute. The Humanities Research Institute at Newcastle University is testing one solution by tackling another silo: the compartmentalisation of research and teaching.

Humanities 97

Humanities Computer Science Model Inclusivity 97

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I certainly agree that colleges need to nurture students more holistically and that institutions need to eliminate barriers that “complicate their efforts to help students.” What, then, can institutions do? I consider this the single most important step that an institution can take.

Faculty 117

Faculty Department Computer Science Advise 117

University Business

MARCH 10, 2023

In July 2022, more than 500 tech and education leaders issued a call to action advocating for the expansion of computer science education opportunities for students. This might be the single most important challenge in the history of the U.S. Less than a year later, education technology has come much further than we anticipated.

Higher Education 59

Higher Education Computer Science Education Technology 59

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887.

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Faculty Deans Facilities 98

Insight Into Diversity

MAY 24, 2023

New legislation passed by the Illinois General Assembly aims to equalize credit transfers between community colleges and the state’s public four-year colleges and universities, making student transitions smoother between institution types.

Community College 52

Community College Arts And Sciences Computer Science College 52

University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. If no one studies history, we don’t get the next Doris Kearns Goodwin; if no one studies English literature, whence the next David McCullough?

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Computer Science Humanities 52

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. Students are completing college on time at higher rates nationally at two- and four-year institutions. percent over 2021. million in federal relief funding.

Higher Education 117

Higher Education Education Arts And Sciences Faculty 117

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

But if trends hold, just a fraction of them will make the jump–especially to a selective institution. percent at highly selective institutions this past spring. This past spring, we awarded the Undergraduate Transfer scholarship to 100 high-achieving community college students , the largest group in the program's history.

College 75

College Community College University Computer Science 75

University Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

At 1,057,188 international students in the 2022-23 academic year, the 12% year-over-year growth is the largest in more than 40 years and the largest in Open Doors’ data collection history, said Mirka Martel, Head of Research, Evaluation and Learning at International Education Exchange, during the online release announcement.

Computer Science 64

Computer Science Students Engineering Department 64

Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Universities such as Anáhuac University Network (Red de Universidad Anáhuac) , Ball State University , Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) , London Business School , and S.P. Graduates will be prepared for data science careers in business or industry. The first cohorts are expected to begin in August 2023.

Degree 52

Degree Computer Science Engineering Technology 52

University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

From fall 2021 to fall 2023, enrollment in computer and information sciences increased by 21.4% While most institutions and their academic programs faltered during the worst of the pandemic, this STEM subset thrived, growing 6.2% from 2017 to 2022. At Middlebury College (Vt.),

Liberal Arts 111

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Schooling Degree 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is expanding into STEAM, with the addition of art. Akbar, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Fort Valley State University, an HBCU institution in Georgia. There are also the technical and aesthetic sides of art.

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Computer Science Scholarship History 98

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. ” So what should these broad-access institutions do instead?

Arts And Sciences 97

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Advise Model 97

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. The MasterCard Foundation—whose work is focused on empowering youth in Africa and Canada’s Indigenous populations— began funding scholarships for CMU-Africa in 2016 and has been involved with the institution ever since.

Engineering 98

Engineering Higher Education Scholarship Computer Science 98

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

” At William & Mary, an institution currently in its 330th year, we have a saying: “We change to preserve what we value most.” In just the past two years, the number of computer science degrees went from 78 to 93. Rowe asked the audience, “What is changing in your discipline?”

Arts And Sciences 40

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Computer Science Applied Science 40

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Indeed, many are already being piloted at various institutions across the country. Yet I think it’s fair to say that however inspiring such a vision might be, the overwhelming majority of institutions have adopted a different approach. Institute more thematically oriented and career-aligned cohort and research programs.

Arts And Sciences 75

Arts And Sciences Advise Liberal Arts Computer Science 75

HESA

APRIL 5, 2023

Is a University a University without the Liberal Arts” asks Devereaux, referring to a recent shuttering of nine programs in mathematics, history, art, English and philosophy at Marymount University in Virginia. Let’s ignore the headline, which the author doesn’t necessarily choose, and get to the crux of the argument. “Is

Humanities 58

Humanities Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Computer Science 58

eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution.

Liberal Arts 69

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Model Computer Science 69

Dr. Missy Alexander

OCTOBER 10, 2022

When you transition from faculty to administration, you tend to go to conferences focused on institutional questions – assessment, retention, general education, equity, and so on. A very creative school might also find a way to weave science into this strategy, but mostly, we separate science from this kind of thinking.

Arts And Sciences 40

Arts And Sciences College Computer Science History 40

The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

Higher education leaders who want to increase inclusion while maintaining affordability at their campus can emulate the actions of Illinois Institute of Technology’s ELEVATE program. Because of how the public perceives higher ed , institutions must provide different pathways for students to receive an education.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Achievement Education Inclusivity 52

The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Drumm McNaughton is joined by Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President of San José State University, who shares her insights on leveraging the power of public-private partnerships to elevate the institution’s role in education, innovation, and community engagement. Lean into the significance of being the anchor institution.

Arts And Sciences 52

Arts And Sciences Technology Higher Education Learning Experience 52

University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

The Supreme Court officially struck down affirmative action, leading institutions to reevaluate their relationship with legacy students and the nature of an “elite” institution. Notably, seven conservative institutions are in predominantly liberal states. Computer science degrees are still red hot.

Computer Science 110

Computer Science Community College Faculty Higher Education 110

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Our students have changed, but our institutions have not adapted sufficiently to this reality. Yet our institutional calendars, course schedules, and campus services haven’t sufficiently adjusted, even post-pandemic. Our institutions also need to strengthen advising, both academic and non-academic.

Arts And Sciences 80

Arts And Sciences College Students Advise 80

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Though college information technology offices have long worked behind the scenes to bolster institutional defenses, their countermeasure efforts, such as installing network threat detection and risk-mitigation systems, are often invisible. 1 risk” to Notre Dame, the institution’s Board of Trustees told Grundy.

Arts And Sciences 130

Arts And Sciences College Engineering Humanities 130

Echo Delta

MARCH 7, 2025

It’s content that suffers from a I would describe it as like an institutional narcissism. It assumes that the people visiting your website are there to read whatever it is that you might have to say about your institution, and it doesn’t really respect the fact that people view your website primarily as a tool to get things done.

Institution 52

Institution Computer Science Students Schooling 52

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Without a well-defined strategy and an understanding of an organization’s strengths and weaknesses and its competition, institutions inevitably squander their resources and energies. It’s not that institutions ignore campus inequities or student learning. It’s not what institutions say that matters.

Higher Education 92

Higher Education Education Professional Development Equity 92

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Our current system of institutional accountability is wholly inadequate. Although it is possible, though difficult, to determine an institution’s graduation rate for first-time, full-time undergraduates, much essential information about institutional outcomes, quality and cost remains unavailable.

College 75

College Equity Faculty Computer Science 75

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Image: Nathaniel Greve launched an alternative student newspaper at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a way to help heal what he saw as the flawed political speech environment on campus. But many share a funding source: the Intercollegiate Studies Institute , an organization with chapters across U.S.

Students 104

Students Organization Computer Science College 104

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Eliminating opportunities for especially talented students to pursue advanced mathematics runs the risk of reducing the number well-prepared for success in computer science, data analytics, statistics, and many areas of the natural and social sciences. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Achievement 62

Achievement College Arts And Sciences Computer Science 62

eLiterate

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Market forces like vendor competition, regulatory pressures, or institutional demand interact with these standards, creating product development’s complex and sometimes chaotic appearance. I will name a few of the member participants throughout its history because, even more than most organizations, 1EdTech runs on them.

Organization 52

Organization Computer Science Education Model 52