Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Today, I am delighted to announce a Master of Science in Software Engineering from West Virginia University (WVU). This affordable degree is $20,940* and ranks in the top 30 online master’s in computer information technology programs in the U.S. Tuition as of November 29, 2022; Tuition is subject to change.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Dr. Gilda Barabino Olin College of Engineering "Our use of AI in our teaching can be seen both as a threat to how students acquire foundational knowledge, but it can also be an enabler to enhance student learning,” said panelist Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, president of the Olin College of Engineering. These new AI tools.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Yuekang Li, a Chinese citizen, was accepted onto a PhD program in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo in April 2022, but his application for a study permit was delayed due to ongoing background checks. He added that some were being flagged who hadn’t studied sensitive subjects.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

2022; Ouyang et al., Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. Slotkin, Scott A.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

In January 2022, Wiline Pangle, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), collaborated with 14 of her colleagues to create an innovative new program aimed at equipping students with often overlooked yet essential skills needed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

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Campus Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

CT talks with David Stewart, managing director of Purdue's Quantum Science and Engineering Institute, about the directions quantum education is taking as the Quantum Science Center's program planners reflect on this year's Quantum Summer School and look forward to next year.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

2022; Ouyang et al., Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. Slotkin, Scott A.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Preparing Faculty to work with AI The University of Mississippi is pioneering new approaches to prepare faculty for emerging technologies, like generative AI, in the classroom. Together, we built assignments that asked students to engage generative technologies at different points in their writing process.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature. However, colleges and universities offering premium programs in specific trades like engineering and agriculture helped diversify the list.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

These are a few of the innovative designs developed by researchers for people with disabilities at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). In the (dis)Ability Design Studio, the concept of person-first design is prioritized — the user comes before the technology.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

EAB analyzed national job postings for IT professionals in the higher education industry compared to all other industries between July 2021 and June 2022 and discerned five key takeaways from the IT labor market data. However, for remote-specific postings, “software engineer” is the most frequently advertised title across industries.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

With its emphasis on applied research, Centennial has been recognised by Research Infosource as the top-ranked college in Canada for providing paid student internships in applied research activity, with 571 student researchers engaged in 2022-23.

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The PIE News

MAY 16, 2024

The data, based on the search behaviour of over 55 million students on Studyportals in the past 12 months, revealed the highest student interest from India , Bangladesh and Nigeria, though Chinese students are not well represented due to internet restrictions in their home country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The alliance launched in 2022 at the first White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. Founded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Doris Duke Foundation, the SOA is a coalition of more than 200 organizations that have committed to aiding efforts to bolster equity in STEMM fields.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

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 Inherent in all of these [humanities] disciplines is the advent of technology,” Jon Stauff, assistant VP of international affairs at South Dakota State.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The TALENT Commission report was published in 2022. Specifically, the proportion of men in the three most prevalent groups of the technical workforce, ‘science, engineering and production technicians’, ‘IT technicians’ and ‘architectural technicians’, is much higher than that of women (5.0, percentage points, respectively).

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University Business

MARCH 29, 2024

But as an academic leader in civil engineering practicum and the president of Florida Tech Institute of Technology (FIT), the wreckage piqued his interest. “When you drive across a bridge in the morning, you want it to have been designed by an engineer who has experience in hands-on work with concrete and steel,” he says.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. from 2017 to 2022. From fall 2021 to fall 2023, enrollment in computer and information sciences increased by 21.4%

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HEPI

JANUARY 14, 2024

How could a degree in History and Politics be so useful in financial technology? To the contrary, I feel my degree could not have been a better one to set me up for my work in a financial technology company. What is the connection between political science and project management? And how did I end up in fintech?

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He has blended his engineering and management background for comic effect, including ordering soup ‘one by two’ solo. Recognised by Forbes as a top CMO in 2022 and 2023, he is also the author of several bestselling books. His role includes policy development, investment attraction and leveraging technology for citizen improvement.

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The PIE News

MARCH 6, 2023

In July 2022, the UK and India agreed an MoU to recognise each other’s higher education qualifications. India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, visited Australia in August 2022. Eleven new memoranda of understanding were signed between Indian and Australian institutions, as the delegation visited.

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since their expertise is important to any company that uses digital technologies, cybersecurity professionals are in demand. According to a 2022 study by the cybersecurity professional organization (ISC)² , there are over 3.4 million unfilled cybersecurity positions worldwide. That’s a 26.2 percent increase from the previous year.)

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HEPI

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The TALENT Commission report was published in 2022. As an engineer, Professor Holford knows first-hand the value of technical staff. That puts them at the forefront of technology development, building skills and knowledge which are very exciting and unique. They become an essential part of future technological advances.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

To help leaders better understand the current IT labour market, EAB analyzed job postings for technology roles. HE is focused on system administrator and technical support positions instead of solution architects and engineers. More on information technology. December 14, 2022. July 8, 2022. June 30, 2022.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

surrounding the technology is all about. While AI isn’t new, the landscape shifted dramatically when OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. For most people, ChatGPT was their introduction to large language model (LLM) AI, a technological advancement distinguished by several key features. Scale: LLMs are massive.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They represent a wide range of majors, including international business, marketing, accounting, engineering, health care management, interior design, and architecture. The center offers programming focused on three key areas of the industry: real estate, technology and innovation, and investment.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Technical staff play a vital role in sustainable innovations , engineering, and domestic and international research in science, and they prop up our creative industries. Explore our blog series on technical talent: Helen Turner, ‘Championing the Role of Technicians’ , HEPI blog, 21 September 2022. Jiteen Ahmed, ‘Just a technician?’

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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Dan Cohen

OCTOBER 17, 2022

( “The Library of the Distant Future,” as envisioned by Midjourney, when I was let into the beta in March 2022.). Just as text generators like GPT-3 are engineered to provide highly plausible sequential arrangements of words, these AI image generators are designed to meet our expectations, visually.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Though college information technology offices have long worked behind the scenes to bolster institutional defenses, their countermeasure efforts, such as installing network threat detection and risk-mitigation systems, are often invisible. The incident was one of an increasing number of cyberattacks against colleges since 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Natalie Galucia The study, Age as a Factor in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education , was conducted between February 2022 and January 2023 and published in the Journal of Gerontological Social Wor k. Even within an individual college, separate departments and programs can view age differently, respondents indicated.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

billion valuations in 2021 and 2022, respectively, HolonIQ forecasts global edtech venture investments in 2023 to total only $3.5 But this bleak outlook might be a symptom of a much larger funding problem in higher education, specifically when it comes to ramping up technological resources. Following $20.8 billion and $10.6

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ACPA

MARCH 6, 2023

Tiera Tanksley , Assistant Professor of Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education at CU Boulder and a Critical Race Technology Fellow at UCLA. Such courses need to focus on exposing anti-Blackness as the default setting of digital technologies and showcasing how algorithmic racism shows up in everyday life, both on- and offline.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,

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