Coursera blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As the fastest-growing technology in human history, it has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives. As a tech-driven organization, L&T is committed to harnessing the power of AI to drive engineering and service excellence. For more information about Coursera for Business, visit coursera.org/business.

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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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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Reading Time: 12 minutes Digital marketing is quickly taking on a new shape, and the way we search and find information on the internet is proof of this. With the growing complexity of search engine algorithms and the introduction of features like rich results and AI-driven content, it can be challenging for institutions to keep up.

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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. Georgetown's Center for Education and the Workforce has released invaluable information on the return on investment of individual colleges and programs.

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PeopleAdmin

MARCH 30, 2023

Ircka West, PeopleAdmin Solution Engineer, noted that, when it comes to recruiting and building diverse applicant pools, it’s important to take a step back and look at your institution’s website and applicant portal. Read more below! Presentation matters when building diverse applicant pools.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A well-crafted SEO strategy that includes on-page SEO techniques can significantly boost the visibility of your school’s web content, allowing you to be seen by your target audience on the search engine results page. It should inform, engage, and inspire prospects, encouraging them to explore more of your school’s website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes. That has been the most informative change that we’ve made,” she says. The university has an excellent reputation in the sciences and continues to innovate.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Many instructors have a tendency to overload students with new information during the final minutes of class. We can take a leaf out of the oriental history as an example. Naga Vishnu Vardhan, PhD, is a professor of electronics and communication engineering at BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women.

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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. history survey) without discussion labs or supplemental instruction sessions, that have outsize DFW rates. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Bringing together people with varied backgrounds, from different cultures, with unique life experiences and with a broad range of talents and insights informs thinking while spurring creativity and enhancing problem solving. These are opportunities to celebrate the rich history, culture and the people from underrepresented communities.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Column: Intellectual Affairs Without making any claim to exhaustiveness, here is a brief survey of new and forthcoming books on information technology and digital media published by academic presses this fall. ” Other titles consider information technology’s impact on norms. But there are limits to technological finesse.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Image: Professors at the University of Arizona are demanding information regarding an alleged list of faculty members deemed too troublesome to serve on a key faculty governance committee. Abraham’s ongoing legal complaint against the university deals primarily with the information he requested on the associate vice provost search.

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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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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. We were always an informational magazine at least in our news reporting.” (See

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What administrators can transform are infrastructure, organizational design, professional advising, information collection, and messaging, and that’s what EAB’s playbook focuses upon. Improve access to relevant information. The information exists and should certainly inform departmental decision-making.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

design a cardboard mini golf game that demonstrates three different engineering practices; transform a children’s book into an augmented reality learning experience; build a board game that teaches younger students about civic engagement; design an invention to address one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ).

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

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Evidence from student work has demonstrated that there is a need for students to be able to think more deeply about content, and to be able to cover a wider scope of information as they complete coursework. Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Navigating the Crossroads of Tradition and Modern Market Dynamics Colleges and universities have a long history of helping students transform their lives. But in a world overflowing with choices and information, institutions should adapt to the changes and evolve to see prospective students as customers.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

We have a very healthy, high tech industry, and [there is] demand for engineers, scientists in these areas,” Dijkgraaf explained. “In the end we need global solutions and in order to find these global solutions, we have to share information, we have to share data and we have to operate collectively.

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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

Arts And Sciences 105

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 8, 2024

We expect the public to receive information akin to propaganda from the new university while investigative reporters attempt to find what's really developing. Those who matriculate will learn classic western philosophy in combination with science and engineering.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In any discipline, and in any genre, the good writer anticipates the reader’s needs and delivers information as it is needed. Rather than asking readers to do the heavy lifting of sequencing information, writers do that work for them. Readers must be informed at the start. A history of an idea. It’s courteous too.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

AUGUST 7, 2024

This approach involves analyzing a wide range of data points, including browsing behavior, demographic information, academic interests, and past interactions, to create a comprehensive profile of each prospective student. Implement dynamic content on your website that changes based on the visitor’s profile.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Reading Time: 8 minutes As digital media has become more integrated into our daily lives, how we consume information has dramatically shifted, and visual content has become crucial in capturing and retaining audiences’ attention. They have become primary channels for communication, marketing, and information sharing.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

” Math instruction “has much to correct [because] the subject and community of mathematics has a history of exclusion and filtering, rather than inclusion and welcoming.” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. ” “Do not include homework … as any part of grading.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Many instructors have a tendency to overload students with new information during the final minutes of class. We can take a leaf out of the oriental history as an example. Naga Vishnu Vardhan, PhD, is a professor of electronics and communication engineering at BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women.

Engineering 75

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

People have resisted new and drastic change throughout history, yet every time it happens we seem to adjust as a society.” “I’m The results—that nearly every part of the economy is likely to be affected—were surprising to some students who had not considered the role information technology plays in each sector.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Pipeline and diversity programs in the database are assessed through what Byrd and Mason call the THRIVE Index : Type, History, Research, Inclusion, Identity, Voice and Expectation. Schools have all these different mechanisms to show you what they’re doing, but really—do they?” asked Byrd.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

The fake website has an online application form that requests personal information, such as images of a driver’s license. “They are requiring people to give them money and all the information they need for identity theft.” There’s also a $75 application fee.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Our newer faculty ranks are at their most diverse in UC history. Our professional backgrounds are distinct; we represent faculty and senior administrators trained in medicine, science and engineering, the arts, social sciences, humanities, and education.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Or to take some other examples of high ROI fields: “Those with a bachelor’s degree in #architecture and #engineering have median lifetime earnings of $3.8 No surprise: computers, math, healthcare practice, architecture, engineering, and business. ” Wait a second. My undergraduates already know that.

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Liberal Arts Education Arts And Sciences History 89

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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University Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Over the past week, OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, set a record for becoming the fastest-growing consumer application in history with an estimated 100 million monthly active users in January. “It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses.” And now it has a potential rival.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Provide this information on course websites and syllabi and repeat it in class. In the past, near-term prohibitions on slide rules, calculators, word processors, spellcheck, grammar check, internet search engines and digital texts have fared poorly. Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. We knew the engine of peer review needed a tune-up. But I was impressed by how much you do in publishing to build up a book.”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

design a cardboard mini golf game that demonstrates three different engineering practices; transform a children’s book into an augmented reality learning experience; build a board game that teaches younger students about civic engagement; design an invention to address one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ).

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