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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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How Might Engineering Education Transition From In-Person To Hybrid and Online Modalities?

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Blog: Learning Innovation Since March 2020, engineering professors have adapted to teaching new hybrid and virtual models in their classrooms. Q: What does the future of hybrid and online engineering education look like? Now with in-person learning in full swing, it’s clear hybrid learning is here to stay.

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NASA Awards University of Houston $1.2 Million to Strengthen Diversity in STEM and Aerospace Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million to grow diversity initiatives in STEM and aerospace-related engineering fields and address barriers to access and success for historically underserved and underrepresented students. Henderson, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UH and the project’s principal investigator.

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Turning University Common Areas into Collaborative Environments

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In 2023, when Quinnipiac University undertook an extensive renovation of its Communications, Computing and Engineering building, a focus on student collaboration was central to the project. In recent years, the Hamden, Conn., campus has evolved to integrate modern collaboration technology, and spaces in which to use it, in every corner.

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NSF Grants Fund STEM Education Equity in Houston

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Houston has received two new grants designed to address barriers that prevent low-income and underrepresented students from pursuing STEM education. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, who is leading the two projects. Henderson, an assistant professor in the William A.

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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If