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NYU Puts $1 Billion Into Brooklyn Engineering School

Inside Higher Ed

New York University will invest $1 billion in its Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn, adding $400 million to the $600 million it had already pledged to the school. NYU has invested heavily in the engineering school since essentially acquiring it in a 2014 merger with Polytechnic University. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

Faculty Focus

Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. 2006; Greene, 2020; Topping, 2014). Coppoc (2014). “2D

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

Faculty Focus

Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. 2006; Greene, 2020; Topping, 2014). Coppoc (2014). “2D

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014. She was no stranger to Gustavus; she served on the Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2014 following the enrollment of her eldest son in 2003. The former engineer proved a natural as president.

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Hewlett Foundation Awards $20M to Diversify Cybersecurity Field

Insight Into Diversity

Cybersecurity, like many STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, has been historically male-dominated and lacks diversity. The funding is part of the foundation’s Cyber Initiative, launched in 2014, which aims to increase the diversity of the talent pool by supporting students and leaders from underrepresented communities.

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UCD appoints first female president in 169 years

The PIE News

Feely earned her bachelor’s degree at UCD, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. “UCD has had an extraordinary influence on the development of modern Ireland,”Feely told The PIE News.