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Wentworth Institute of Technology to Drop Pre-Calculus Admissions Requirement for STEM Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. high school graduates in 2019 (40%) had completed precalculus/mathematical analysis. And only 16% of graduates had completed calculus that year.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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Its time to talk tech experience and capability

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Students at the University of East London (UEL). There is a lot of discussion at the moment about AI and how we navigate this use of technology with our students. This piece is a case study of students’ tech experience at UEL.

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President moves: Big time hires, retires and 2 leaders crash out

University Business

Welsh stepped in to lead the R1 university four months ago after an interim dean’s botched hire infuriated community members and caught heavy press. Prior to his appointment, Welsh served as dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service.

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‘I Didn’t Think Any College Would Accept Me, but I Was Wrong’

Inside Higher Ed

Here are just a couple from Carson Howell’s work (2019) in Idaho and cited in Odle and Delaney (2022). What kinds of technology solutions are necessary to seamlessly connect secondary and postsecondary education databases? “The letter really changed my perspective. What are the privacy issues?

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President moves: Leaders cross state lines for new opportunities; 1 steps down

University Business

At WSU, Elliott served as a faculty member, department chair and dean before becoming vice president of academic affairs in 2016. Welch previously served as chair of AASCU’s board of directors from 2019 to 2021. As dynamic as Elliott’s background and education are, his 20 years at Wayne State University (Mich.)