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Engineering success center opens at Boise State

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Boise State University opened its Micron Student Success Center earlier this year and will formally induct the space in April, offering a consolidation of resources for its engineering students to promote a sense of belonging and create a resource center. ’” explains JoAnn Lighty, dean of the College of Engineering.

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UC Berkeley partners with Coursera to launch a new and highly accessible master’s degree in engineering

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This online degree from UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering will upskill engineers and expand access to world-class education. Working professionals need a flexible, industry-responsive program that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of modern engineering. engineering jobs* that require or prefer a master’s degree.

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Nursing Schools Teach Advocacy Skills to Help Advance Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

Increasingly, this centers around health equity. To further advance advocacy and equity in health care, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Nursing will launch a new program in 2023 to teach nursing students about policymaking. Experts from these universities say major national discussions on health care must include nurses.

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Insight Into Diversity Honors Legacy of DEI Innovator, Former Board Chair

Insight Into Diversity

As most recent Board Chair of the LEAD Fund (The Fund for Leadership, Equity, Access, and Diversity), Metzler exemplified dedication to inclusive excellence. Metzler pioneered the nation’s first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion certification program at Cornell University. In a statement to ABC4.com,

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Dr. Sonya Christian Appointed First Woman and First South Asian Chancellor of California Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I look forward to continuing to partner with Dr. Christian to ensure our community colleges are engines of equity and opportunity.” She has previously been dean of science, engineering, allied health, and mathematics at Bakersfield College and administrator at Lane Community College. “Dr.

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New Study at CNU Aims to Identify Barriers for Women in STEM

Insight Into Diversity

Researchers at Christopher Newport University (CNU) have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how gender, race/ethnicity, and social identity impact STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) faculty experiences.

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Crafting More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University; M.S., Williams, associate dean for inclusive excellence in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. As they explored things such as changing school start times and bus schedules, he saw the equity issues that could arise.