Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. Such attributes betray the text’s humanity.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

than the general population, according to a new study in Nature: Human Behavior. This rate nearly doubles at highly selective institutions and has remained stable for 50 years. based tenure-track faculty members across eight disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, business and the humanities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Pathways for Careers in Manufacturing and Engineering, a joint effort from Cal State Fullerton’s Extension and International Programs and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received $211,000 to spark community college students’, high schoolers’, and eventually, middle schoolers’ interest in the field of biomanufacturing.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

Image: For a long time, computer scientists struggled to develop artificial intelligence that could solve difficult symbolic math. That disappointed Iddo Drori, a computer science lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose 500 students in one of his classes a couple of years ago had more questions than he had time to answer.

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HESA

APRIL 5, 2023

I see we’re back into tiresome public debates about the value of “Liberal Arts” and the “Humanities” (not synonyms, even though most people use the terms interchangeably). He then goes on to recite statistics about hundreds of program closures in the humanities right across the United States over the past decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

At the University of Richmond, we have responded to these demands by developing programming in data analytics, data science and computational research. We have also developed programs to recruit and retain students interested in science. UR is a research-intensive, predominately undergraduate, predominately white institution.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. 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.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

A third tradition, which stressed research, scholarship, and the applied sciences, emerged in nineteenth century Germany, especially at the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. Can financially-challenged institutions sustain the range of majors and faculty size, especially in the humanities, while adding new career-aligned fields?

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Human-chatbot interaction dynamics: The unique dynamics of human-chatbot interactions further complicate the issue of hallucinations. These automated programs are being used for various reasons, ranging from gaining access to popular classes to scamming institutions out of money. million in attempted student aid fraud.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

These were some of the prompts included in a classification and model-building assignment in the fall 2022 Knowledge-Based AI course that David Joyner taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology. LeCun spoke with Inside Higher Ed about challenges in computer science in September.)

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2023

His first concern is the potential for a diminution of status among elite institutions, brought on by universities prioritizing labor force-friendly majors such as computer science and engineering over the humanities and social sciences. ” What does Cowen worry about when he worries about higher ed?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

The rapid advance of artificial intelligence in the world of higher education has continued with the report that Harvard University has plans to use an AI chatbot as part of its introductory computer science course. Some believe that it’s a first step toward a reimagining of the role of human instructors.

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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.

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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. HEPI’s recent paper on the state of the humanities in the UK today can be read here. Gardiner is used to visiting higher education institutions as a keynote speaker.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

. · Curtis Valentine , founder of Real Men Teach, co-director of the Progressive Policy Institute's Reinventing America's Schools Project, and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland - College Park. · Dr. Derrick R. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Kinnis K. Gosha , Hortinius I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

The report titled, “International Graduate Applications and Enrollment: Fall 2022,” details the responses from 370 institutions, which represents 48.7% degree-granting institutions. Ortega, president of CGS, noted that this increase in international graduate students calls for institutional sensitivity to best serve these students.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Human-chatbot interaction dynamics: The unique dynamics of human-chatbot interactions further complicate the issue of hallucinations. These automated programs are being used for various reasons, ranging from gaining access to popular classes to scamming institutions out of money. million in attempted student aid fraud.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

At the institution, academic studies are divided among nine colleges, two schools, and an extended campus, each with a specific focus. A&T is the second highest among institutions in the University of North Carolina System. “We A&T’s Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute (WMI), has taught more than 12,000 students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences. ” Alexander wrote.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Though British boarding schools remain the biggest attraction in India, as evidenced by the number of their branch campuses in the country, institutions from other countries see an opportunity to set themselves apart. We are very academically-driven.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study. It dismisses the extent to which the study of Art History (or another subject in the humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences) within a liberal arts framework can profoundly enrich an individual and society.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

What’s happening in class is no longer going to be, ‘Here are some questions — let’s talk about it between us human beings,’” he said, but instead “it’s like, ‘What also does this alien robot think?’” Responses of Administrators In higher education, colleges and universities have been reluctant to ban the A.I.

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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.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

When Singapore entered its first lockdown in April 2020, SUTD – like institutions around the world – was forced to move its lessons online. But Kin-Leong firmly believes that institutions need to offer more than hybrid learning as we know it now. . “It Now, SUTD wants to work with institutions around the world to develop campusX.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

An important aspect of our work in this area is to highlight what our member institutions are doing out in the real academic world. Computer science faculty ask students to create and run programming codes through a Generative AI platform to identify errors.

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Coursera blog

MAY 8, 2023

By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the transformative force of our era, reshaping industries and redefining the boundaries of human potential. It is also raising new questions about the best way to build these powerful systems that serve humanity in safe and uplifting ways.

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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.

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GlobalHigherEd

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Senior Fellow, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada. Or as I was asked recently by a university Vice-President of Research, “what are the implications of digital media for post-secondary institutions?”. What are the implications of this for institutional and program design?

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Besides, the humanities cloak an intensely practical side beyond the analytical and communication skills they grow: Shakespeare teaches us statecraft, after all. For many liberal arts colleges as well as humanities-focused departments in larger universities, it’s a pressing one. New tools.

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Launching 8 new degrees, 3 Professional Certificates, and a growing catalog of generative AI content: We’re excited to expand our portfolio of job-relevant online degrees with eight new programs in high-demand areas such as computer science, data science, and business administration.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

” He continued, “It’s also a violation of the principles of academic governance, and it has implications for the integrity of the institution.” ” Allegheny said in a written statement that its program and staffing plan “involves the elimination of faculty and staff positions around the institution.

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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. Here are three important steps for selective institutions to consider: Partnerships with community colleges.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Coursera, the online course provider, studied the labor force participation rate, human capital index, GDP per capita, internal user data and other third-party indexes across 109 countries and 148 million users to understand the new skills and roles sought by learners around the world. Python Programming Cybersecurity Analyst 10.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: It might seem an unenviable position to succeed a long-standing, widely admired college president who is credited with practically building the institution. ” An edited transcript of the interview with Sheares Ashby, former dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, follows. Is it the right role?

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