MindMax

MARCH 18, 2024

And I have to confess that even I—someone who has spent my career enmeshed in higher education—have come to understand and, to some extent, share their perspective. I remember in 2012, when Rick Santorum called President Obama a “snob” for wanting “everybody to go to college.” It wasn’t long ago that I felt differently. Absolutely not.

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Degree College Higher Education Academia 130

HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022. In academia we still place a great deal of emphasis in scholarship on the capacity to recall and recite.

Higher Education 120

Higher Education Education Academia Humanities 120

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

There is little doubt that education will prove crucial to the economic development of Nigeria, a country where 63% of residents live with some form of deprivation. However, exactly what needs to be done for the educational system to reach its full potential is far less certain.

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Education Academia Educational Systems Professional Development 111

HEPI

MAY 27, 2024

The UK Government’s Green Jobs Taskforce highlights that it is essential for more young people to leave the education system with green skills in order to deliver on a green workforce transformation. Furthermore, a wide range of emerging higher education programmes focus on areas directly relevant to the green workforce transformation.

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Higher Education Education Academia Guidance 70

eLiterate

JANUARY 17, 2023

Worse, in this new era of economic, geopolitical, rapid technological advancement (e.g., Worse, in this new era of economic, geopolitical, rapid technological advancement (e.g., Long-term economic forces will increasingly drive demand for more rapid reskilling than our current system can support. But situations change.

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Medical School Engineering Academia Degree 103

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. Across Europe, women account for more than half of the continent’s population but just 17% of its information and communications technology professionals.

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Engineering Computer Science Academia Model 92

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“Honestly, this happens so frequently now that my first reaction was, ‘You don’t need to disclose anything to me that will make you feel uncomfortable,’” said Mozafari, who teaches engineering communication at Cornell’s College of Engineering. ” Faculty Need Support, Too.

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