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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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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Women in Engineering and Computer Science Program (WIECS) Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science WIECS fosters a supportive learning environment that encourages women students to earn degrees and ultimately pursue careers in engineering and computer science. Chicago, Ill.;

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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

Inside Higher Ed

This trend has major equity implications for these schools, given who enrolls in community colleges: Recent data shows that about 40 percent of community college students are Black or Latino, and nearly half are from lower-income backgrounds. percent at highly selective institutions this past spring. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. Is there equity in measures of faculty success? Yet, at most U.S. And the diversity of faculty declines as academic rank increases.

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At the University of Montana, esports is about more than competition

University Business

I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. There are 50 scholarships given out each year to students. Any of those things qualify and if you do at least one of those a year you qualify for our scholarship.”. They c o me from all over campus.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

A third tradition, which stressed research, scholarship, and the applied sciences, emerged in nineteenth century Germany, especially at the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. Let’s do more than pay lip service to equity, degree attainment, and a robust, well-rounded education. Here are six resolutions the new year: 1.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The MasterCard Foundation—whose work is focused on empowering youth in Africa and Canada’s Indigenous populations— began funding scholarships for CMU-Africa in 2016 and has been involved with the institution ever since. As of now there are seven universities participating in the program; CMU hopes to grow that to 10.