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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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Why Can’t Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World?

Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus, March 2020), we concluded that if real-world interaction is to happen, faculty need to involve their partners in the learning experience and prepare them for the potential implementation of a product produced by their students. In our article , Is Your Real-World Experience Real Enough? Stage 2: Set project scope.

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Why Can’t Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World?

Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus, March 2020), we concluded that if real-world interaction is to happen, faculty need to involve their partners in the learning experience and prepare them for the potential implementation of a product produced by their students. In our article , Is Your Real-World Experience Real Enough? Stage 2: Set project scope.