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CUNY to Receive $75 Million Donation to Boost Tech Programs

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The City University of New York system is receiving the largest donation in its history, intended to help the urban university boost its technology and artificial intelligence programs. CUNY plans to announce today that it will receive $75 million from the Simons Foundation, a philanthropy focused on furthering research in math and sciences.

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Colleges award tenure

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Austin Porter, art history and American studies. Guy Bresler, electrical engineering and computer science. Michael Carbin, electrical engineering and computer science. Stefanie Jegelka, electrical engineering and computer science. Tim Kraska, electrical engineering and computer science.

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Colleges award tenure

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Colleges award tenure

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Miller, political science. Alberto Bartesaghi, computer science. Adam Mestyan, history. Sudeepa Roy, computer science. Rebecca Steorts, statistical science. Andrew Crowther, chemistry. Jhumpa Lahiri, English. Karen Lewis, philosophy. Walker, Africana studies. Duke University. Ryan Emanuel, hydrology.

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Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to ‘ChatGPT-proof’ assignments - Associated Press

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Now, educators are rethinking how they’ll teach courses this fall from Writing 101 to computer science. Some professors will be requiring students to show editing history and drafts to prove their thought process. For some instructors that means a return to paper exams, after years of digital-only tests.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

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” 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.” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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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.