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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. “Our students don’t want to come here to be pigeonholed into narrow-band categories,” said Utz.

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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

Within this category, the need for software developers is expected to grow by 25.7%, resulting in more than 400,000 job openings. art history students are tasked with creating a search on the cost and origin of 17th-century textiles, for example, according to the school’s website. Computer and information systems managers: 15.4%

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If I Missed You, Please Leave a Note in the Chat

Faculty Focus

Due to my personal history as a college administrator (thus I was known to nearly everyone), and someone who enjoyed a spontaneous conversation, I took up my department chair’s offer to host a weekly online meeting place. In any event, I learned a valuable lesson and was content to leave it as a personal lesson.

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If I Missed You, Please Leave a Note in the Chat

Faculty Focus

Due to my personal history as a college administrator (thus I was known to nearly everyone), and someone who enjoyed a spontaneous conversation, I took up my department chair’s offer to host a weekly online meeting place. In any event, I learned a valuable lesson and was content to leave it as a personal lesson.

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Designing outreach with people of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage – a lesson in critical unlearning

HEPI

These experiences have taught us some important lessons in how to work inclusively with groups who have been marginalised in, and excluded by, higher education. A specific challenge we are grappling with is the way university outreach can essentialise people into ‘neat’ categories. Email Address.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It bans affirmative action not only in race but other protected categories, and not just in admissions but in hiring practices and awarding money,” says Dr. Mark Henderson, associate dean of admissions and vice chair for education in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California (UC) Davis.

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The Secrets of College Success

Inside Higher Ed

Yet somewhat ironically, this comedic category’s underlying theme is maturation and self-discovery: achieving independence, defining an identity, developing self-confidence, obtaining deeper, acquiring more intimate friendships, and finding a romantic partner. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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