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Nonprofit Group Offers to Renovate and Build Charter Schools in Philly

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Jason Corosanite STS Co-founder Dr. Jason Corosanite recently made the announcement at a mayoral forum on education, innovation, and technology, saying that he was committed to the dollar amount. "We The report also documented 11,480 deficiencies worth $4.5 It's really about the communities that want to build schools."

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Students reveal lack of clarity in course outcomes

Inside Higher Ed

At the Georgia Institute of Technology, gathering data to evaluate how students view their own learning outcomes and how general education courses are targeting those outcomes required creative solutions. In the conversations, Wu and her team had a lengthy document of prompts for facilitating discussions.

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High-quality skills as a means of attracting FDI and reducing regional inequalities

HEPI

The UK’s economic growth and its global position as a leader of science and innovation cannot be secured without skills. Current skills shortages within the UK are well documented, with the Federation of Small Businesses reporting that 80% of small firms faced difficulties recruiting applicants with suitable skills during 2021/22.

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Key Facts and Figures about the Graduate Technical workforce

HEPI

Specifically, the proportion of men in the three most prevalent groups of the technical workforce, ‘science, engineering and production technicians’, ‘IT technicians’ and ‘architectural technicians’, is much higher than that of women (5.0, The TALENT Commission report was published in 2022. percentage points, respectively).

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Inside Higher Ed

A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence. At stake are hot-button issues involving equity, privilege, socioeconomic class and gender, ethnicity and race.

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! Students want to contribute something to make a difference—if only we gave them the chance. The reason for this is the strength of the emotions we felt at the time. 2010; Bransford et al., Significance.

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Roundup of spring university-press titles in a personal vein

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs These seasonal overviews of forthcoming books from university presses usually focus on public and topical concerns: technology, the election cycle, pandemic impacts and so on. But several titles appearing in the spring catalogs stand out as narratives of personal difficulty. Peter Benson’s Stuck Moving.