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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. To put it simply, an applied humanities approach is needed in STEM education.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression. Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, a Ph.D.

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The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love RobotsĀ 

Faculty Focus

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love RobotsĀ 

Faculty Focus

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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Dr. ā€œGraceā€ Jinliu Wang Appointed President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPIā€™s research and innovation ecosystem.ā€ in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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The Promise and Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

WCET Frontiers

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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Intrigued by Bats

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He is now an assistant professor in the department of evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus. He envisioned a career working at a pet store or with the state wildlife department. ā€œItā€™s one of my earliest memories, seeing a bat hanging somewhere and wanting to touch it.ā€