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The Future of Equitable AI in Higher Education

Insight Into Diversity

Additionally, biased datasets in AI systems may reinforce negative stereotypes or lead to inequitable distribution of academic support, such as tutoring or mentorship programs, disproportionately affecting students of color and those from disadvantaged communities.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” Princeton’s defense: “Operating expenses don’t include hundreds of millions in capital expenditures the endowment provides every year to fund things like research equipment and facilities.” Nor does it have a major nanoscience facility. It’s certainly not Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon or Caltech.

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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. Scientific research and teaching facilities will fall behind our competitors. Shadow no more, Kyle has subsequently declared the war over.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

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. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Moving Teaching Forward, Post-Pandemic

Inside Higher Ed

The result: a new student majority consisting of part-time students, commuting students, transfer students, working adults, family caregivers, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and international students. A third landmark development was the publication of Academically Adrift in 2010.

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Outmoded facilities are overloaded with lecture halls and small fixed-seat classrooms, plus a scattering of seminar rooms, and provide few spaces suitable for active or team-based or technology-enhanced learning. Within 20 minutes, one should be able to reach every basic service needed – from medical facilities to groceries.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

The focus of NEI will be on majors such as computer science and business, and eventually, broader areas of engineering and design. The authors confine the scope of their NEI to “eventually, broader areas of engineering and design.” Facilities are designed for use. Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution.