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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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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. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. ” That is, undergraduate programs with fewer than 12 students per full-time faculty member over a period of five years are no longer accepting new students.

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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 a distinguished scholarly record which is well-communicated to the public in advancing environmental social science and the study of human-environmental relationships. Scott Gaudi , professor of astronomy.

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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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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

Degrees awarded in the life sciences fell 6 percent between 2020 and 2021, and by about 8 percent in the physical and earth sciences. Mathematics and computer science and engineering stayed relatively steady year over year. Humanities and arts degrees fell 16 percent. I wonder how many of the humanities Ph.D.s

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Academic experts offer advice on ChatGPT

Inside Higher Ed

Faculty members and administrators are now reckoning in real time with how—not if—ChatGPT will impact teaching and learning. Faculty members need time to play with new tools and explore their implications. Administrators can carve out time for faculty training support. It depends on the learning objectives.

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