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UW Gets Google Gift to Diversify Computer Science Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Washington (UW) and Google have announced a $400,000 gift from the tech giant that will go towards efforts to diversify the field of K-12 computer science education. Computer science is one of America’s most critical fields. Ko Th e lack of diversity is mirrored in the computer science teaching force.

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New Technology and Attitudes Emerge from the Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The Making the shift and continued development Luoma was on Yale University’s faculty initiatives team when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

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STEM and science students have OPT , scientists and accounting and finance majors have jobs at both fintech and technology companies – humanities students are feeling the lack of options. “We Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.

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Guide, Don’t Hide: Maximizing Course Assignments with ChatGPT Integration

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For me, ChatGPT is just another in a long line of technology-assisted tools that I accept may become a routine part of my professional/personal life. Early approaches in the field of generative AI are situated within 1950s-60s computer science and AI research and “aimed to mimic human expertise to generate outputs” (ChatGPT, 2023).

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

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For instance, kinesthetic learning often takes place in classrooms and may contribute to the success of some neurodiverse learners, whereas they may have previously struggled in classrooms that heavily focused on either auditory, visual, and reading or writing (El-Amin, 2020). Procedia Computer Science , 217 , 507-512.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

For instance, kinesthetic learning often takes place in classrooms and may contribute to the success of some neurodiverse learners, whereas they may have previously struggled in classrooms that heavily focused on either auditory, visual, and reading or writing (El-Amin, 2020). Procedia Computer Science , 217 , 507-512.

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Driving Global Economic Success Through Diversity and Prosperity in STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Multiple academic studies have demonstrated that encouraging children to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) career gives them a distinct business advantage later in life. According to STEMEducationGuide.com, a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, as of 2020, over 10.2