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Engineering majors earn top salaries for grads—with a caveat

University Business

While job titles such as “computer engineer” and “software developer” accounted for some of the highest-paying jobs, students who earned an undergraduate degree in a multitude of engineering pathways dominated both lists. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). CNBC focused on a recent study by the New York Federal Reserve.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

” What he cites is not scientific and excludes basic humanity and context, the fundamentals of the historical human sciences. There is a significant literature from the 1930s on of which Newman, Heller, and too many humanities professors seem unaware. Illogically, we remained isolationist and separatist.

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

The PIE News

Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. We pretty much have three options as international humanities majors. It prepares you for any job, anywhere.

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Report: International graduate student enrollment booms by 100% since the pandemic

University Business

From fall 2021 to fall 2022, first-time enrollment increased by 8%, and international graduate applications grew by 26%. decrease in enrollment in fall 2022. graduate studies, amassing 63% of all applications in fall 2022. since being deferred by the pandemic in 2020. Consequently, India now leads all countries in U.S.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Besides, the humanities cloak an intensely practical side beyond the analytical and communication skills they grow: Shakespeare teaches us statecraft, after all. psychology majors was up 4% year-over-year as of spring 2022.). Today, starting salaries are a typical metric for the value of a degree, and the humanities unequivocally lag.

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Study Shows Increase in International Graduate Student Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report titled, “International Graduate Applications and Enrollment: Fall 2022,” details the responses from 370 institutions, which represents 48.7% Dr. Suzanne Ortega Survey data between Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 shows that there was a 26% increase in the total number of international graduate applications received by U.S.

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ChatGPT sparks debate on how to design student assignments now

Inside Higher Ed

These were some of the prompts included in a classification and model-building assignment in the fall 2022 Knowledge-Based AI course that David Joyner taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology. LeCun spoke with Inside Higher Ed about challenges in computer science in September.)