Coursera blog

JULY 15, 2023

Upon earning your degree, you’ll be ideally positioned to pursue careers in any number of industries, including technology, healthcare, automotive manufacturing, green energy, remote sensing, aeronautics, finance, and more. Computer science programmes from BITS Pilani are highly regarded across the industry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. These are students that have great potential and that really want to move into a STEM career,” Donovan said.

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Campus Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

CodePath, a nonprofit focused on computer science education for students in underserved communities, recently received $1 million in funding from Google to grow its programs in Atlanta and Chicago.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In general, it’s really opened conversations about flexibility and thinking about how we can use technology to be more inclusive to provide opportunities.” Felesia Stukes, an associate professor of computer science at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), taught Introduction to Network Science spring semester 2020.

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When you enroll in the computer science bachelor programme at the University of London (UoL) offered on Coursera, you’re not only learning computing skills that will open the door to sought-after technology careers, you’re plugging into a community of enthusiastic learners from around the world.

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University Business

APRIL 29, 2024

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. ” Researchers analyzed survey data from 5.8

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Campus Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Google and its charitable foundation Google.org have announced $20 million in new grants to help expand access to computer science education to millions more students in under-resourced communities across the country, particularly rural and urban areas.

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

Credentials holders in computer-related fields, such as computer science, computer engineering and computer and information sciences, are the country’s most lucrative students early into their careers, according to Department of Education data compiled by The HEA Group and College Scorecard.

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University Business

MARCH 26, 2024

While job titles such as “computer engineer” and “software developer” accounted for some of the highest-paying jobs, students who earned an undergraduate degree in a multitude of engineering pathways dominated both lists. NACE found that undergraduate engineering majors made an average of $76,740, up 3.1%

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

62% of students surveyed worry little (or not at all) about their college being targeted by cybersecurity breaches or cyberattacks, even though they could jeopardize their personal data. Yet, on many campuses, technology dollars are limited, with a wide variety of initiatives competing for that funding.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 26, 2024

Pace University will launch an artificial intelligence (AI) lab at its new Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems at its New York City campus, the university said. The lab will offer training for students, faculty, and staff, as well extending training to the larger business and resident community.

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The PIE News

APRIL 12, 2024

Harvard University is the top-performing institution globally, top in 19 disciplines, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 11, the University of Oxford with four top rankings. Japan in turn has reversed “more than five years of decline”, with an overall improvement of 5%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2023

High school students are divided on whether they should use generative AI tools for school, and most of those who did found errors in what these tools produced, according to a new report from ACT. A little less than half of the students surveyed responded that they had used AI tools (46%), the majority having used chatbot ChatGPT (83%).

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Since the pandemic, the increased reliance on digital technology, such as virtual meetings and online learning, has created additional pathways enabling bad actors to access confidential student and employee data. In K-12, several districts have initiatives in place to ensure students have a head start on their careers in the field.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity, creating pathways for students to enter and excel is crucial. Josiah Alexander, a computer science major with a concentration in network security at the New York Institute of Technology, serves as an exemplary example of how such pathways can be established.

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The PIE News

JUNE 2, 2023

University of California, Berkeley and Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology will expand educational and research exchanges in technology under a new agreement. The five-year agreement focuses on computer science, biotechnology, chemistry, mechanical engineering and basic scientific exploration partnership.

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Campus Technology

MAY 16, 2023

The University of Southern California (USC), long known for its advances in computer science and as a leading provider of tech talent, has announced a $1 billion-plus initiative called "Frontiers of Computing" to focus on "AI, machine learning and data science, augmented and virtual reality, robotics, gaming, and blockchain," according to a release. (..)

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Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Especially today in an age where students are fully bathed in other online communities of choice through TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

These were some of the prompts included in a classification and model-building assignment in the fall 2022 Knowledge-Based AI course that David Joyner taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Some seek to craft assignments that guide students in surpassing what AI can do. He still encourages his students to use the chat bot.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This UB webinar will provide a 360-degree perspective on the capabilities of AI today, as well as the implications for the future of higher education, with an expert panel featuring: A professor and AI researcher, who will discuss the state of AI and what the future holds A university CIO, who will explore leadership issues including how to develop (..)

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Inclusive Intelligent Technologies for Education (INVITE) Institute uses AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to make STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education more equitable in K-12 schools.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. Especially today in an age where students are fully bathed in other online communities of choice through TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit.

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University Business

JULY 21, 2023

While the advent of AI chatbots is forcing faculty and staff to scramble and prepare new ways to enforce academic integrity, a larger issue looms: Students are beginning to question how its broader use affects their preparation for the workforce—and they’re holding institutions accountable for their readiness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

MassBay Community College will be offering free education and training in the areas of computers and technology to unemployed and underemployed workers. I’m proud that I was able to secure funding that will enable MassBay to bridge that gap and offer students a free pathway toward good careers in the IT and cybersecurity fields.”

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

That disappointed Iddo Drori, a computer science lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose 500 students in one of his classes a couple of years ago had more questions than he had time to answer. And it could tutor students by explaining the steps in difficult problems.

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Campus Technology

JULY 26, 2023

What skills will students need for the workforce of the future in an age dominated by artificial intelligence? In addition to basic computer science, data competencies, and the mathematics and statistics behind AI and machine learning, there are a range of social impacts to consider: AI risk, ethics, privacy, questions of bias, etc.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

“If I’m a very intelligent AI and I want to bypass your detection, I could insert typos into my writing on purpose,” said Diyi Yang, assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University. Bengio is a professor of computer science at the University of Montreal.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

In January 2022, Wiline Pangle, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), collaborated with 14 of her colleagues to create an innovative new program aimed at equipping students with often overlooked yet essential skills needed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Technology is rapidly becoming an invaluable resource for higher education professionals who want to create inclusive classrooms in the age of digital transformation. More than ever, universities are looking for ways to create an inclusive learning environment for all students, regardless of their backgrounds.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

ChatGPT could be a useful tool to prepare students for the real world where critical thinking is more important than rote memorization. The use of ChatGPT by students to deal with course assignments raises ethical questions, many of which were addressed in a blog I wrote last week. Some schools are blocking the technology altogether.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

College of Information Technology leaders at Western Governors University created digital support communities for students to receive real-time assistance from peers and faculty while engaging in self-paced learning. “When our students have a question, it’s not usually followed by a simple answer,” Peterson explains.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

A new report from the Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality suggests that higher education contributes to racial and gender segregation in the labor market, because women and students of color are underrepresented in certain fields of study and concentrated in others. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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The PIE News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Australia, the UK and New Zealand are leading study destination preference among prospective international students, a survey of more than 14,000 individuals across 147 countries has suggested. It also found that students were hoping to switch study areas. However, the 22.4% and travel and hospitality up 8.5%. In 2021, 41.5%

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

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. Students learn to apply machine learning, text analytics, and artificial intelligence.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries.

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