Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. They also participated in networks dedicated to Black professionals in their discipline, such as the National Society of Black Engineers.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

When the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate wanted to build a collaborative research space near Eglin Air Force Base, it turned to the University of Florida. FLARE’s National Security Program Area Lead David Bragg oversaw its construction, and in late 2021, the state-of-the-art, 6,000-square-foot space was opened.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

However, he was curious about some aspects of science and engineering, so he decided he’d try community college. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Central Florida. He wasn’t surrounded by college graduates or even friends who were planning to enroll. Fast forward to 2023.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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.,

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

When five undergraduate engineering students from the University of Illinois Chicago began a project to narrow the digital divide in their community, they focused their efforts on the nearby neighborhood of Pilsen. Partnering with engineers from Cisco, they had just three weeks to…

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, University of California, Berkeley; University of Michigan; and University of Wisconsin-Madison are among a few in the tight bubble of schools responsible for domestically training 80% of U.S. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 19, 2023

Image: India’s publication of draft guidelines for foreign universities establishing branch campuses in the country has sparked concern among academics about potential infringements on institutional autonomy. They come amid soaring demand for higher education in the world’s fastest growing major economy.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2022

Image: After five-plus decades as a joint venture, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis is taking on a new form, one that will not continue the collaborative effort between its namesake partners. Going forward, the IUPUI campus will be known as Indiana University Indianapolis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: Villanova University took a new approach on translating major skills into career opportunities for students with its biotechnology boot camp, introducing learners to alumni and employers in a difficult-to-enter field. Alumni represented a variety of career levels, with younger graduates from the 2010s up to graduates from the 1980s.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

So a core feature of a set of online, lifelong learning programs launching at Gonzaga University stands out: in both the cybersecurity and software engineering boot camps, each student will be matched with an industry mentor based on their interests, goals and location. ” The boot camps launch next month.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 6, 2023

Personal stories shared by more than 50 Black alumni of Drexel University are featured in the book “A Legacy to Share: Navigating Life’s Challenges and Celebrating Our Greatest Achievements.” Howland, a mechanical engineer, graduated from Drexel in 1976, and again in 1983 with a master’s degree in engineering management.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Niagara University is starting an M.S. Quincy University , in Illinois, is starting new majors in electrical and mechanical engineering. Syracuse University will soon begin a bachelor’s program in esports with three tracks: esports business and management, esports communications, and esports media and design.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The University of Wyoming (UW) and five community colleges in the state are building a faculty network to share best practices and make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education more inclusive. This article was published in our March 2023 issue.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

The traditional path for more than 66 percent of students with autism was to not attend college within the first two years of graduating from high school, according to a report from Drexel University, “National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood.” IEP services can include speech, physical, and occupational therapies.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Eliminating diversity gaps in the real estate profession is the focus of long-standing and new pathway programs at a number of colleges and universities. Milwaukee School of Engineering President John Walz, PhD, welcomes fall 2022 students to ACRE. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU).

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. The VIP solves three common problems in undergraduate research: It disrupts disciplinary siloes.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Through its Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) and as part of its larger commitment to sustainability, equity, and climate action, the University of Arizona (UArizona) has supported dozens of projects over the past two years that promote environmentalism and help address disparities in sustainability efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

In June, as the nation’s highest court handed down a predictable and yet devastating ruling striking down the use of affirmative action in college admissions, the Center for Journalism & Democracy announced its inaugural Visiting Professorship for Investigative or Data Journalism at Howard University. Here is why this matters.

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

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report notes some improvement in minority representation in higher education related to science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM)—but not enough to match those groups’ share in the overall population.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

says David Stewart, managing director of the Quantum Science and Engineering Institute at Purdue University. “If The promise of quantum computing is simple enough to understand. “Do Do you know any industry that doesn’t need faster processing speeds?” If you think of it that way, it’s going to be applicable for everything.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

That’s why Saleema, a young Afghan woman studying at University of the People , now presents as Madison from California in her online Principles of Business Management course. Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Employment in science, technology, engineering and math has grown over the years, with about 24 percent of the U.S.’s ’s workforce in STEM in 2021, but only 18 percent of the field at that time identified as women, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. How do you make money?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent. The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Image: More than one million secondary and postsecondary credentials are offered across the country, according to a new report released today by Credential Engine, a nonprofit dedicated to charting the credentialing landscape. “The diversity of the marketplace is both a good thing and a challenge. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

In 2008, he developed the first Editorial Board for Insight Into Diversity magazine, and was selected as the inaugural Board Chair. “He ” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

All too often, LGBTQ+ people experience discrimination, stigma, and prejudice when seeking and receiving health care, but a new project called the Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative, housed in the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), aims to change that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. in mathematics at Arizona State University. The organization partners with a local university to host a full-day event. She gladly agreed.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 Finney, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Research on Higher Education. percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24 million who enrolled in fall 2020, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. This journey begins not only on the Martian surface but right here on Earth, in our universities. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Image: Tenured and tenure-track faculty members at Eastern Michigan University went on strike indefinitely Wednesday over stalled negotiations for a new contract. Scores of professors spent much of the day on a campus picket line, while the university directed students to attend classes and wait 15 minutes to see if an instructor showed up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Jackson, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, had a sorority sister drive her to the airport following a visit to Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. I thought I could make more of a difference at MIT because of its unique role in science and engineering.” En route, they heard on the radio that King had been shot and killed.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

In January 2022, Wiline Pangle, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), collaborated with 14 of her colleagues to create an innovative new program aimed at equipping students with often overlooked yet essential skills needed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

Image: The director of the University of Florida’s honors program, who has been in the role eight years, says he was fired for no apparent reason with two years left on his current, five-year contract. The university will not comment further on personnel matters." Law remains a distinguished professor of engineering at UF.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Image: A couple of years ago, a University of Minnesota business student who had spent the summer playing online poker shared a concern with Lisa Novack, the university’s career development director. IT professionals and engineers played puzzle-platform games, which require spatial skills.

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