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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). We are an affordable institution.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

Criminal Justice/Justice and Law Administration has created an MS in Homeland Security providing opportunities for advancement for students in business, computer science, and criminal justice. I see it is a strategy for equity, for social mobility, for a thriving and inventive culture.

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Academic experts offer advice on ChatGPT

Inside Higher Ed

How can they promote equity and access? Ted Underwood, p rofessor of information sciences and English and associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mina Lee, doctoral student in computer science, Stanford University.

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What is College for?

Dr. Missy Alexander

When you transition from faculty to administration, you tend to go to conferences focused on institutional questions – assessment, retention, general education, equity, and so on. It is not often that a dean or provost has the opportunity to attend a conference in their discipline, so it is wonderful treat when we do.

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What Today’s College Students Need

Inside Higher Ed

I think it’s fair to say that our offices of the dean of students, student life, and student affairs need to do better. Tough topics courses that grapple with timely, difficult subjects such as equity, race, sexuality, or social justice, academically, not ideologically. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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2023 wrapped: The biggest trends in higher ed—and the most read stories

University Business

Republican-led states have aimed their sights at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, thanks to a strong charge by Florida Gov. Computer science degrees are still red hot. These colleges boast the best offerings Enrollment in computer science continues to surge.