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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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Tenacity Propels African Immigrant Along Engineering Path

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Growing up, there wasn’t really anyone telling me that engineering was a path I could take.

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The Future of Equitable AI in Higher Education

Insight Into Diversity

As AI (artificial intelligence) continues to reshape industries, Complete College America (CCA) launched its Council on Equitable AI in 2024, a significant move that addresses systemic inequities in higher education. This initiative highlights AI’s growing role in educational settings and its potential to advance student success.

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Funding the Higher Education Sector: More funding, with wiser spending

HEPI

Moss, Pro Vice Chancellor Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University and Chair, London Uni Connect. To the contrary, the Committee were unequivocal that “the current model for funding higher education is unsustainable”. This sort of thinking is vital for the future sustainability of the higher education sector.

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The Unique Digital Future of Marketing and PR in Higher Education

HEPI

This raises an important question: should higher education courses in marketing and PR adapt to this digital era to better prepare students for the specific demands of this industry? The digitalisation of marketing and PR higher education courses is not just desirable but imperative in the contemporary landscape.

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Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Emily MacLeod , Research Assistant, and Professor Louise Archer , Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education, at UCL. We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines.

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After the ‘war’, now we must win the peace

HEPI

The new Labour government has rightly recognised that universities are vital engines of innovation and growth and are key to tackling all five of the missions that are at the heart of its agenda. Last year, I was one of three Vice-Chancellors invited by HEPI to write a manifesto for higher education for the expected upcoming general election.