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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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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. Yet the humanities are crucial , even—or especially— in a world that prioritizes science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. The goal of the course was to use fiction to spur ethical reflection on technological developments.

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UAE seeks ‘global innovation centre’ status in strategy

The PIE News

“DisruptED aims to generate competencies within the ministry to lead the country into a future that raises the concept of innovation in education to unprecedented levels,” said Hind Al Tair, director of the Department of Science, Technology and Scientific Research and deputy head of the Innovation Committee at the education ministry.

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

Faculty Focus

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. The interwoven relationship between workforce readiness, business and industrial development, and academia has existed since the beginning of public education in the United States (McNamara, 2009).

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ChatGPT a cheating tool? These educators think you’re looking at it wrong

University Business

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” Lawrence from Weber State changed his class structure to adapt to ChatGPT. The whole class has benefited as result.

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NYU interdisciplinary experiential learning takes off

Inside Higher Ed

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. It creates long-term development beyond the revolving door of academia. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gaston Gayles directly addressed the toxicity of the constantly productive, highly competitive environment in academia. Many TCU leaders are focused on creating a familial environment on campus. While TCUs are not a monolith, she found similarities in methodology.