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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. Missing Seats at Important Tables.

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Ohio State Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Meg Daly , professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology and associate dean of undergraduate education. For pioneering studies of viral economics to study viruses in complex communities via quantitative sample-to-sequence pipelines, and linking viruses to hosts, and studying viral impact in the marine environment.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus. ” Beyond Data Science. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Helping Our Students Understand and Fight Imposter Syndrome

Faculty Focus

If one does not see anyone like them, this serves as a confirmation of thoughts—the mind creates a trap,and the environment confirms it. One student relayed her experience as follows: “Coming into the STEM field and majoring in computer science, you always hear about how male dominated it is. Andover, Massachusetts.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Also, it’s the environment.

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Helping Our Students Understand and Fight Imposter Syndrome

Faculty Focus

If one does not see anyone like them, this serves as a confirmation of thoughts—the mind creates a trap,and the environment confirms it. One student relayed her experience as follows: “Coming into the STEM field and majoring in computer science, you always hear about how male dominated it is. Andover, Massachusetts.

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The Evolution of the Humanities

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. Hand-wringing and wishing away the digital age simply doesn’t cut it; there’s a similar pointlessness in blindly celebrating each new innovation.