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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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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lim is now leading the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) into the future. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.” in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University, his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his Ph.D.

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These public colleges and MSIs are powerful economic engines

University Business

Low-key public colleges and minority-serving institutions, commonly known as MSIs, are serving as strong engines for economic mobility for the average American, according to new data by Third Way, a center-left think tank focused on improving learner outcomes. Princeton University $110,066 $39,913 0.46

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Engineering majors earn top salaries for grads—with a caveat

University Business

AI and its related fields are forecasted as the academic programs of tomorrow , and the University of South Florida and Vanderbilt University have already begun to build on this by introducing new colleges. According to CNBC, engineering majors accounted for nine out of the 15 highest-paying majors five years after graduation.

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Riding the wave of technological change to enable transformative learning for all

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Ian Pickup , Pro Vice Chancellor, Students, at The Open University, and builds on opening and closing remarks made at a recent HEPI round table event. Thinking through the implications of the advance of Generative AI-powered technologies for universities has been a cause for personal reflection.

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The Genesis of a Research Agenda on Black Males in Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But equally exhilarating was being surrounded by other brilliant scholars – all of whom were graduate students trying to figure out the mysteries of navigating a predominantly white university, and all of whom shared varied hues of melanin and traces of our Black and brown ancestors. Dr. Brian A.

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London unis bring in partners for technology skills

The PIE News

Two world-renowned universities in London are partnering with technology learning specialists in a bid to foster skills needed to succeed in the technology sector. The post London unis bring in partners for technology skills appeared first on The PIE News.