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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

” A faculty member immediately spoke up and stated emphatically, “Everything!” The concept of expanding the university’s offerings in computing, data science and applied science, detailed in a November 3 article , is not a new one.

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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. Central to the King’s vision for an evolving humanities is the recognition that we have an ethical obligation to move beyond critique.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. The focus of NEI will be on majors such as computer science and business, and eventually, broader areas of engineering and design. And why not?

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. The interests of administrators, faculty, staff, and students frequently collide.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

These include not only students learning from faculty but also students learning from each other and faculty learning from students. One, honoring and strengthening the university’s role as an engine of opportunity and a national leader in economic mobility. I grew up in India as a mechanical engineer by profession.

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Which Path Forward?

Inside Higher Ed

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. ” Harsh, but perhaps true. ” Ugh. I certainly wouldn’t.