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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.”

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West Virginia University announces affordable, top-ranked Master of Science in Software Engineering on Coursera

Coursera blog

Today, I am delighted to announce a Master of Science in Software Engineering from West Virginia University (WVU). This affordable degree is $20,940* and ranks in the top 30 online master’s in computer information technology programs in the U.S. More information here. By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at Coursera.

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Emory Launches AI Institute to Improve Patient Care, Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

Bellamkonda, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, in a statement. “By The institute is part of the institution’s AI.Humanity initiative, a campus-wide project that fosters an interdisciplinary community focused on integrating AI into fields beyond STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

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Mark Richards to step down as provost in summer 2023

UW Presidential Blog

As we approach the start of the academic year next month, I’m writing to let you know 2022–23 will be Mark Richards’ last year as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Mark plans to step down as provost in summer 2023, after he completes his five-year term in the position.

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How the “next phase” of LGBTQ+ student support is stirring at this Ivy League

University Business

“From the president and provost of the university, we are charged with the goal of engaging as many different experts and students to come together to address LGBTQ+ health solutions.” adults who self-identify as something other than heterosexual is 7.1% as of 2022, double the rate it was a decade prior.

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This endeavor was announced last week, with its first publication, The Journal of Ecological Engineering Design, released that week as well. "It Another is to fulfill UVM’s responsibilities to communities beyond campus as a land-grant institution, said Dr. Patricia Prelock, provost and senior vice-president of UVM. “It

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Our data set includes information on hiring at 391 Ph.D.-granting Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. granting universities.