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Vanderbilt to Establish New Computing, AI, Data Science College

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Vanderbilt University has announced its work toward establishing a college dedicated to computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and related fields. Dr. Krishnendu Roy The interdisciplinary college will be led by a new dean, who will report to Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. C.

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IU Bloomington provost goes beyond retention for success

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After two decades of working in higher education, Shrivastav is championing student success in academics at the University of Indiana Bloomington as the college’s newest provost. Q: How does managing student success as a provost differ from your focus on it in your prior role? It takes a collective effort. to 10 p.m.

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New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU

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Sean Burke , associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alma College, in Michigan. Richmond Hill , interim provost of the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

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The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. There are some outreach programs between colleges, community colleges, and high school, but this time we’re aligning everything.”

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

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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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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

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Data and computational science continue to be traditionally male-oriented fields, which further amplifies the importance of encouraging the participation of women and people of color. Our projects enable meaningful student engagement in publishable work as early as their first year of college. Dr. Carol Parish is the Floyd D.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.