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US international student numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels

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But the figures still lag behind 2019 pre-pandemic levels, when there were 1,523,758 international students in the country. David Di Maria, associate vice provost for International Education at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, said he felt ‘optimistic’ about the numbers in the report. do to attract international students?”

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Manhattanville also opened a Center for Design Thinking in 2019, in what had long been the president’s cottage. Geisler last summer.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Inside Higher Ed

UT Austin’s Adam Klivans , professor of computer science, and Art Markman , vice provost of academic affairs, graciously agreed to chat. When I heard about the MSAI degree, offered in partnership with edX (a 2U company), I knew I needed to learn more. When did conversations about developing this course begin? Klivans: Yes.

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Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs

EAB

The grad programs presidents and provosts are prioritizing. 2019 – Oct. Computer Science. Watch our recent webinar about the ways presidents, provosts, and VPEMs are prioritizing graduate and adult learner enrollment. And we expect the demand for cybersecurity professionals to keep growing. 2022, national data.

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3 Questions for CU Boulder on Growing Application-Free, Performance-Based Degrees

Inside Higher Ed

My friend, Dr. Quentin McAndrew , current academic strategist at Coursera and former Assistant Vice Provost at CU Boulder, who helped archetype the degree, says, “When we were creating the program, ‘Why?’ Any students who maintain a B average in a series of gateway courses are automatically admitted.

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The Midlife Crisis’s ‘Evil Younger Brother’: The Quarter-Life Crisis

Inside Higher Ed

” More contemporary accounts, like Candice Carty-Williams’s 2019 British Book of the Year–winning Queenie , also deals with the struggle to chart a direction in life, find a job and forge meaningful relationships and define an identity separate and apart from one’s parents’ expectations. ” But how?