Remove Computer Science Remove Engineering Remove History Remove Recruitment
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

US: “soaring” enrolments as international totals approach pre-pandemic levels

The PIE News

As history has shown us, international educational exchange bounces back. Ethan Rosenzweig, deputy assistant secretary for academic programs at the bureau of educational and cultural affairs at the US Department of State, stressed that despite the figures, China was still a priority for recruitment. Programs and funding.

article thumbnail

Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” It goes on, “Even a few decades ago, no one could have fully anticipated future investments in computer science, quantum computing, or climate science—fields where Princeton is now a leader.” ” Is Princeton truly a leader in these fields? Obstacles to community college transfer.

Equity 101
article thumbnail

Colleges go offbeat for cybersecurity training

Inside Higher Ed

The team also recruited student workers, who subsequently recruited their friends to attend the event. That experience does not hint at the flood of traffic that, in the moment of an attack, crashes the victim computer. The team sought funding from vendors.

article thumbnail

Fine arts, communications degrees qualify as STEM for immigrants

Inside Higher Ed

degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to extend their stays in the United States. For example, in 2016, when John Karl Scholz was dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he sought to reclassify his institution’s economics program.

Degree 98
article thumbnail

Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

Inside Higher Ed

This past spring, we awarded the Undergraduate Transfer scholarship to 100 high-achieving community college students , the largest group in the program's history. Four-year schools can reinforce a message of affordability across recruitment and outreach efforts, dispelling notions that their institutions are out of reach.

College 75