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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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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

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The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU). Research in healthcare (Kobayashi et al.,

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Carnegie Mellon Launches $150M STEM Diversity Initiative

Inside Higher Ed

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The first student cohort will enroll in fall 2024, with an expected 86 fellows to be added each year. Hide by line?:

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU). Research in healthcare (Kobayashi et al.,

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Dream conference is hosted annually by Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education. The college has transformed its science building into a STEAM building—Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics.

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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. from 2017 to 2022. At Middlebury College (Vt.),

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Inside Higher Ed

And colleges struggle to deliver what employers want. Three studies on alternative credentials were published recently, and all point to employers’, colleges’ and students’ confusion about microcredentials. ” This dynamic presents challenges and opportunities for colleges. But there is good news, too.

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