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Engineering majors earn top salaries for grads—with a caveat

University Business

The starting salaries for recent bachelor’s degree earners, however, show that while universities are quickly preparing for a new workforce, traditional pathways in engineering are still the most lucrative positions for the young workforce. Civil engineering – $65,000 (tie) Economics (tie) Business Analytics (tie) Mathematics 15.

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

Coursera blog

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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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

Despite declining higher education enrollment rates beginning in 2010, undergraduate degrees in engineering and computer science are continuing to see substantial growth most likely due to the high lifetime wage earnings they promise, according to a new study published by Sage Journals.

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

Coursera blog

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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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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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

” What he cites is not scientific and excludes basic humanity and context, the fundamentals of the historical human sciences. There is a significant literature from the 1930s on of which Newman, Heller, and too many humanities professors seem unaware. My pursuing the Ph.D. Newman unknowingly reflects this.