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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). I track them in retention.

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

University Business

When STEM disciplines integrate the humanities and arts , learning outcomes include critical thinking, resilience, self-efficacy and other valuable traits, such as “recruitment, learning and retention of women and underrepresented minorities.”

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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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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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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

These programs too often lead to “poor outcomes, including poor retention, poor graduate employability, and poor long-term earnings potential,” the authors said. The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs.

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Which Path Forward?

Inside Higher Ed

a curriculum that intentionally seeks to cultivate graduates with the knowledge and skills in quantitative analysis, social science thinking, the scientific method and fluency in the arts, literature, history and philosophy and in the humanities’ interpretive techniques. coherent, integrated curricular pathways.