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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

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Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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Colleges award tenure

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Ali Dogan, natural and applied science. Hashimul Ehsan, natural and applied science. Junda Hu, natural and applied science. Saidat Ilo, liberal arts and social sciences. Gen Kaneko, natural and applied science. Amjad Nusayr, natural and applied science.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

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From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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Work Zones Ahead!

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Blog: Beyond Transfer While Michigan is synonymous with mobility when it comes to manufacturing vehicles of all shapes and sizes, every Michigander knows that a car is only as good as the road it is driven on—and we also know that many of Michigan’s highways have fallen into disrepair.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

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How might this precept apply to higher education? The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. Priorities conflict.