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Hewlett Foundation Awards $20M to Diversify Cybersecurity Field

Insight Into Diversity

Cybersecurity, like many STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, has been historically male-dominated and lacks diversity. Additionally, a 2019 report by the same organization, “ Women in Cybersecurity ,” found that women hold only 24 percent of cybersecurity positions.

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UPenn’s ‘Eidos’ Project Tackles LGBTQ+ Health Inequity, Discrimination

Insight Into Diversity

Operating like a consulting agency, Eidos, which UPenn calls “a first-of-its-kind academic social entrepreneurship lab,” engages students and faculty across disciplines and from different UPenn schools, outside businesses, and organizations to work together and offer diverse perspectives aimed at improving LGBTQ+ health initiatives.

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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. The program includes a science fest, monthly virtual STEM nights, and a summer camp on campus.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

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. For more than a decade, student interest and enrollments in these and adjacent fields have been increasing exponentially at the university.

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Responsibilities and gatekeeping in using language certificates for HE admission

SRHE

by Jana Berg, Michael Grüttner, Stefanie Schröder With the exception of a few master’s degree programs, the German higher education system is dominated by monolingual organizations. And is now studying electrical engineering.” And went through with it, mercilessly. So really, as a prime example.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

The report highlights promising approaches to strengthening humanities transfer outcomes in Michigan, including organizing programs into premajors, creating new or strengthening pathway-specific transfer agreements, and supporting robust career exploration for students.

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How Your School Can Use Conversion Tracking and Attribution in Marketing to Gain Key Insights and Drive Results

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

This is where your lead database comes in to help you stay organized and track incoming leads. By creating an ad that appears at the top of Google’s search engine results page (SERP), you can boost the visibility of your programs and motivate prospects to click on your website.