Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

These are opportunities to celebrate the rich history, culture and the people from underrepresented communities.” Whether it’s engineering, computing, business management or architecture, there are ways in which to build a DEI agenda in each of those particular disciplines.” He also hosts an annual DEI forum.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

The public institution announced plans last week to deactivate the 34 associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, including those in art history, engineering physics and rehabilitation counseling. A majority of the degrees, 22, were already being wound down by their departments and colleges, the university said.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

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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The PIE News

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although Phillipson has proclaimed that “international students are welcome in the UK” and expressed an intention to maintain the Graduate Route , lessons from recent history tell us that the fate of international students ultimately lies with the Home Secretary and Number 10, irrespective of the preferences of the Department for Education.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Throughout the program, students engage with faculty in STEM departments. Read about them here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). It was very isolating, a culture shock for sure,” says Delgado.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. The fourth, Eric Ziolkowski, the religious studies department head, said he had no comment.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

Brown, despite having this country’s oldest applied mathematics program and the Ivy League’s oldest engineering program, isn’t in the Top 30, and Dartmouth isn’t among the Top 50 US and Canadian universities. Contributing to this ethos is an engineering, hands-on mind-set.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

English departments find it harder and harder to justify professors with a specialty in Old English, Middle English, the Renaissance or even 18th- and 19th-century poetry and the novel. Nor was the impact of critical theory and cultural critique restricted to literature departments. The field is besieged.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Partly a history and in part a sociology of English as a profession, Professing Criticism is an extraordinary book, truly a landmark work of scholarship and interpretation, without a doubt the most important intellectual and sociocultural study of a humanities field that I have encountered.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In 2021, Harvard University handed out 39 bachelor’s degrees in English language and literature, 118 in history, and 22 in philosophy. Why do departments impose such restrictions? Capacity constraints are a factor, but so is a desire to raise a department’s rankings. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Dr. Vernon Dunn, director of The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering at the National Academy of Engineers, first met Williams at one of the summer programs Williams ran at Xavier. Dunn says he speaks with Williams daily, seeking advice on managing people, navigating spaces, and how to best lead his program of young engineers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Juan Gilbert, a 2002 Emerging Scholar, a decade later received the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. A 2007 Emerging Scholar, Dr. Peniel Joseph (“Interpreting African-American Life and History,” Jan. White House Honoree, Jan. Remembering and rendering lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Music takes you out of your circumstances of life,” said Sean Slade, a music producer and associate professor in the Music Production and Engineering Department at Berklee College of Music. Slade has produced albums with Radiohead, Hole, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Lou Reed, and other artists.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Image: Harvard University announced its 30th president Thursday, drawing from within to hire Claudine Gay, the first Black president in the institution’s nearly 400-year history. Though Gay has not previously held a presidency, she has a long history with Harvard. Bacow, who announced in June that he would step down next year.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Johnson took the helm at the height of the pandemic in August 2020, leading the school through a challenging period in history. Department of Energy as selected by former president Barack Obama, and chancellor of the State University of New York. “I am very proud of all that we accomplished together.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Indeed, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the US News rankings were reverse engineered to ensure that the "right" schools appeared at the top. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. College ratings take various forms. Washington Monthly famously measures economic mobility.

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PeopleAdmin

MARCH 22, 2023

The tenure committee is generally comprised of department members. Once the committee has reviewed the tenure portfolio, the department head makes a recommendation about whether or not the faculty member should receive tenure. For example, a civil engineering professor discovered high lead levels in the Washington, D.C.

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

When you ask the Department for Business and Trade about exports, higher education is clearly one sector where the British offer has the attention of the world. The Prime Minister will personally Chair new ‘mission boards’ to aid cross-department collaboration. We make our own history but not in the times of our own choosing.

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HEPI

APRIL 13, 2023

The university has long been a hub of academic excellence in space research, including, earth observation and geospatial analysis, physics and astronomy, instrumentation and space engineering. It has done so in a planned and joined up way with the City Inward Investment Team, the Department of International Trade and national networks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

TCUs have a unique mission, Youngbull said, to not only provide relevant degree programs to their learners but to revitalize and sustain their tribal cultures, history, and languages in a way that permeates into the community. The mission of TCUs is not to replicate settler colonialism, but to reflect and sustain a unique tribal identity.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Departments could, of course, make teaching potential a bigger factor in hiring or take peer teaching evaluation more seriously. It might also be worthwhile for department chairs to launch conversations about how to improve rates of equity and student success, for example, by doing more to identify students at risk of failure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. I thought I could make more of a difference at MIT because of its unique role in science and engineering.”

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Riverso, however, hails from a distinguished background in private industry, specifically in engineering and construction. Anita Olson Gustafson – Presbyterian College (S.C.)

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

I’ve taught two first year-experience courses as an assistant professor in the Academic Strategies Department. Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. Use the Innovation Engine to teach a concept within your class.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 11, 2022

Next comes the argument that no one who was serious about developing faster, cheaper paths into “ high paying, in-demand jobs, like data and software engineering ,” would “ create [the] university as the way to get there.” ” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Helix Education

MAY 24, 2023

Then, begin to gather information and data on the competition (enrollment history, growth/decline trends, cost, online or campus modality, etc.) This is useful information you will need to prioritize growth programs and also information your marketing department will want to use in program promotion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At Lehman, we have the platform and the resources to partner with schools and communities in the Bronx to be a social and economic engine — that is what helps us become intentionally an HSI and a Minority Serving Institution (MSI),” says Delgado. “We We are around 83% students of color.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

” As part of the analysis, researchers looked at whether humanities programs were less likely to grow relative to programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. percent for 236 new programs for engineering, engineering-related technologies and technicians, similar to a 39.1

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

This partnership with Coursera further positions Illinois Tech as both an opportunity engine and university of the future—one that offers a powerful, relevant, digital education anytime, anywhere. Graduates will be prepared for careers in software engineering, systems engineering, web development, and more.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A majority of LLCs are centered around academics: prehealth, engineering, business, honors , ROTC or music and performing arts. Called Women in Math, Science and Engineering (WIMSE) and housed at Cawthon Hall, the LLC promotes women’s success in STEM.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

I’ve taught two first year-experience courses as an assistant professor in the Academic Strategies Department. Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. Use the Innovation Engine to teach a concept within your class.

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Helix Education

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Craft a personalized email to this donor and cite their donor history provided in this prompt…” “Summarize and evaluate these survey responses…” That means you can say goodbye to that nagging concern about submitting personally identifiable information (PII) or other confidential information into commercial blackbox AI models (e.g.,

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

18 that the state Department of Justice is working with the University of North Carolina system to stop a fraudulent website purporting to belong to what once was a real institution in Charlotte, N.C. His hope is that search engine traffic will somehow point potential victims to the warnings on his new website.

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Today's Learner

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many students are hands-on learners and these activities provide them with that opportunity.” — Amanda Beaman, Department Chair of Phlebotomy and Medical Office Administration, Montgomery Community College What can faculty do? What does a stronger focus on transferable skills and employability look like for faculty members?

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