Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

million words generated by ChatGPT (a commonly used AI tool) and concluded that, when compared to a human writer, it is roughly 1,000 times more likely to use the term “re-imagined,” 400 times more likely to use the term “graphene,” and more than 600 times likely to use the term “bioluminescent.” Gibbs (2023) conducted a review involving 1.2

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Emory University announced it is launching a new institute this month that will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide more cost-effective and equitable care for patients with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. Woodruff professor of biomedical engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., She is also the founder and president of Moore Wealth, Inc.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. population representing a 13% growth from the year 2000, according to the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. totaled 62.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Grace” Jinliu Wang will become the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), effective Apr. WPI is a world-class institution with a unique and vital approach to teaching, learning, and discovery. in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University. . Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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Helix Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In fact, according to RNL’s 2023 E-Expectations Trend Report , college and university websites are the single most utilized resource for students—and 58 percent of undergraduate students use search engines to find a college’s website. For all of these reasons, quality web content should be a priority for any higher ed marketing team.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. in philosophy.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. Rising student loan debt and tuition need to be addressed.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions. “Whether one is studying to be a doctor or engineer, there is a person behind that specialization making choices and interpreting the world around them.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 What stands out about these institutions is their level of commitment and readiness. Dr. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D. Sloan Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. When STEM disciplines integrate the humanities and arts , learning outcomes include critical thinking, resilience, self-efficacy and other valuable traits, such as “recruitment, learning and retention of women and underrepresented minorities.”

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 15, 2023

Innovations in Engineering Education and Practice: The Engineering New Zealand Perspective editor Mon, 05/15/2023 - 06:37 The field of engineering is constantly evolving, and staying up-to-date with the latest innovations is critical for success.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The “capital gains map” also puts a spotlight on collaborations between London universities and other institutions around the UK, given that many of the research projects had been carried out with other university partners.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

Minh-an Pence Minh-an Pence has been named director of human resources for the Division of Information Technology at Virginia Tech. Pence served as an outreach and engagement recruiting specialist for the Division of Human Resources at Virginia Tech.

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

CIOs and their network support engineers constantly have to find creative ways to improve their network configurations to support the ever-growing number of devices on campus. However, human knowledge and expertise have a limit and cannot adapt to the real-time network needs of a campus.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Incorporating Obrizum’s course curation, personalisation engines, immersive learning technology, and diagnostic analytics could lead to significant improvements in course development, student engagement, and speed to competency, according to Anthology.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

How will institutions of higher education adapt and compete with these issues? The urgency for academia and higher education institutions to recognize the rapid changes in the job market and the need for immediate adaptation is pressing. There also needs to be a human-centered focus in schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 What stands out about these institutions is their level of commitment and readiness. Dr. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D. Sloan Foundation.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2023

His first concern is the potential for a diminution of status among elite institutions, brought on by universities prioritizing labor force-friendly majors such as computer science and engineering over the humanities and social sciences. Nothing about public disinvestment?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Pathways for Careers in Manufacturing and Engineering, a joint effort from Cal State Fullerton’s Extension and International Programs and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received $211,000 to spark community college students’, high schoolers’, and eventually, middle schoolers’ interest in the field of biomanufacturing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But she also held a fascination with math, specifically with how math can be used to create tools and engineer solutions to problems. She’s found a way to pursue both, having earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and now working toward a Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Though college information technology offices have long worked behind the scenes to bolster institutional defenses, their countermeasure efforts, such as installing network threat detection and risk-mitigation systems, are often invisible. 1 risk” to Notre Dame, the institution’s Board of Trustees told Grundy.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

After establishing similar facilities in Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, and Mauritius, Curtin University Colombo is the institution’s fifth global campus. With the new campus, the institute will be able to broaden the number of undergraduate and postgraduate offerings in Sri Lanka in the next few years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ACPS, conducted by the American Council on Education and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute, found that 61% of college presidents surveyed were men, and 46% were white men. The 2023 American College Presidents Study (ACPS) was released with sadly predictable results.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Alejandro Hernandez “Education creates opportunity, and I’ve dedicated my life to the idea that we can build institutions that get students READY, not by luck or privilege, but by design,” Hernandez said. Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez has officially been inaugurated as the 10th president of Champlain College.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The Memorandum of Understanding was exchanged by IIT Bombay ‘s Milind Atrey, deputy director (academics, research and translation) and Dr. Tessa Flatten, vice president, TU Dortmund on behalf of the institutions. In the years ahead, the institutions will continue to enhance collaborative research efforts, including joint publications.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Christopher Smith , Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. In 2020/21, there were about 18,000 arts and humanities doctoral candidates. How much public money should be spent and on what kinds of arts and humanities PhDs?

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HEPI

MAY 8, 2023

Looking at the broader HE ecosystem, if generative AI models can be trained to answer students’ questions with a higher degree of accuracy than a human tutor might, the cost of education – and therefore cost barriers – could fall very significantly.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Through mentorship and research, culturally relevant instruction and immersive experiences, these institutions are encouraging the next generation of institutions are encouraging the next generation of young people to reach their STEM career goals. The full list of 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners can be found here.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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University Business

AUGUST 6, 2024

Some of the most forward-thinking institutions have recently pushed themselves into a new foray of the cutting edge: artificial intelligence. in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making , melding interdisciplinary research across electrical engineering, computer science, statistics, operations research and brain and cognitive sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

There are hundreds of universities that operate on a different model and don’t have the kinds of privilege and problems [of elite] higher education institutions.” The humanities do great things for the way people think, and their ability to empathize and imagine worlds they are not a part of,” said Fleming. Dr. Nicholas B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The prevailing belief is that students should prioritize hard, technical skills essential for thriving in our rapidly evolving information economy—with areas like science, technology, engineering, and business taking precedence over subjects like English or philosophy. This trend is not as counterintuitive as it might seem.

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HEPI

MAY 30, 2024

Earlier in May 2024, HEPI, with support from learning technology service Studiosity, hosted a roundtable dinner to discuss how important the human touch is in the age of AI learning. But will there still be a place for a human touch? Most think their institution would be able to spot work produced by AI.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. Such attributes betray the text’s humanity.

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