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Ireland woos South Asians amid global policy shift

The PIE News

In recent years, Ireland has been attracting South Asian students with its biggest market in the region, India, sending over 7,000 students to Ireland in 2023 from a mere 700 in 2013. “The major issue with Ireland is its brand awareness among students.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a societal level, the United States’ economy depends on a skilled workforce, particularly given the rapidly changing technological landscape. gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al.,

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Creating career-ready graduates

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

In fact, LCCC has been training students in the field of microelectronic manufacturing (MEMS) since 2013 when we became the first community college to offer an associate degree in MEMS. The MEMS program alone has increased from three students in 2013 to 150 in 2021. LCCC’s MEMS students work on a microscopic scale while thinking big.

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Entrepreneur Profile: How Sadiq Basha built the Edvoy empire

The PIE News

“I also said ‘if you give me a small scholarship, I will bring in 10 students’ I was only 21 at the time but I was making a deal with him.” Sadiq Basha’s journey with Edvoy may have begun in earnest in 2018, but its roots trace back to 2013 when discussions with Syed Shabir started.

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How Cornell University Engages Donors With Cause-Based Crowdfunding “To Do the Greatest Good”

Helix Education

Jon Gregory One such institution, Cornell University, has been a power user of the RNL ScaleFunder Crowdfunding platform since 2013, raising more than $5 million in support of a wide variety of projects. How do you use the RNL ScaleFunder platform’s technology to engage your donors?