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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

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. Students learn to apply machine learning, text analytics, and artificial intelligence.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

” At William & Mary, an institution currently in its 330th year, we have a saying: “We change to preserve what we value most.” The concept of expanding the university’s offerings in computing, data science and applied science, detailed in a November 3 article , is not a new one.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Adding Layers With the foundation of a general education core in place, the Legislature turned its attention in 2017 to investing in a set of multi-institutional agreements in popular majors. Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures.

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An online surge at Virginia Tech. But what about outcomes?

Inside Higher Ed

“Every time I taught it, it kind of doubled,” said Duma, professor of engineering and director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science. But some experts question whether the quality also scaled, particularly given the scant attention the institution has paid to understanding outcomes.

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Why Can’t Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World?

Faculty Focus

We also know that this is easier said than done, and something that we learned firsthand when we invited Artists Alliance Inc. AAI), a contemporary artist’s space located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, to be a real-world partner in a masters-level course we were teaching, Application Architecture Design and Development.