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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. magnet program where half of the students in the pilot will come from.

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Trending online courses in business, computer science, tech, and more

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These latest courses, Professional Certificates, and degrees cover everything from accounting and IT to data science and software engineering. Computer science programmes from BITS Pilani are highly regarded across the industry. What will you learn next?

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Trending online courses in business, computer science, tech, and more.

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This program is an ideal way to prepare for career advancement in the field of software engineering—one of the most in-demand and fastest growing occupational fields in the country. These latest Professional Certificates, courses, and degrees cover everything from accounting, IT, data science to software engineering and more.

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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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Binghamton Launches Research Alliance with HBCUs

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The joint research initiative will focus on artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, materials, biomedical engineering, smart energy, future manufacturing, health care, and agriculture. We want to build a concrete action plan so we’re not going to just check a box and say that we’re done.

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AAMU’s STEM boon carves career paths for HBCU students

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. “AAMU is known for pumping out the largest number of diverse minority STEM students, and these companies are recognizing the great work we’re doing and they want to get involved,” said AAMU computer science professor Dr. Ed Pearson.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 We are an affordable institution.