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What Makes Popular History Popular?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No longer can academic historians dismiss popular biographies or nonspecialist accounts of the past as low-powered history. But, of course, the purpose of many popular histories differs profoundly from those written by academics. ” None of that is true about the best nonacademic histories today.

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Dr. Juan Gilbert Honored at The White House

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Juan Gilbert, the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the University of Florida’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation on Tuesday from President Biden. What is gratifying is changing the history of voting.”

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Dr. Michael P. Shannon Appointed President of The University of North Georgia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The history, the tradition, the impact and the prestige of UNG, 150 years in the making, are incredibly powerful.” and assistant professor in the physics and nuclear engineering department at the U.S. and assistant professor in the physics and nuclear engineering department at the U.S. The retired U.S.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

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. Throughout the program, students engage with faculty in STEM departments.

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

The PIE News

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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Fine arts, communications degrees qualify as STEM for immigrants

Inside Higher Ed

Department of Homeland Security expanded opportunities for international students who have earned U.S. degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to extend their stays in the United States. Others, such as human-centered technology design and data visualization, live in the intersection of science and the arts.

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Is Academic Scholarship Stagnating?

Inside Higher Ed

Not by admissions selectivity or even by their contribution to social mobility, but, rather, their impact on the growth of knowledge and technological and scientific advancement? Contributing to this ethos is an engineering, hands-on mind-set. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What if we ranked universities not by inputs but by outputs?