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Funding the Higher Education Sector: More funding, with wiser spending

HEPI

To the contrary, the Committee were unequivocal that “the current model for funding higher education is unsustainable”. In a recent piece on this site , Dr Mark Corver presented an alternative model for funding higher education. This sort of thinking is vital for the future sustainability of the higher education sector.

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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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Tenacity Propels African Immigrant Along Engineering Path

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Growing up, there wasn’t really anyone telling me that engineering was a path I could take.

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Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Emily MacLeod , Research Assistant, and Professor Louise Archer , Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education, at UCL. We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. These ‘Step Up!’

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Higher Ed Leaders and Scholars Discuss Promises and Pitfalls of AI Tool Usage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can prove very valuable and promising in the realm of higher education but come with their own suite of issues that need to be considered, according to higher ed leaders and faculty who participated in a panel discussion on Wednesday.

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Furman University and 14 Others Collectively Awarded $8.625 Million to Improve Inclusion for STEM Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This project will transform the student experience in STEM at Furman,” said Dr. Alison Roark, associate professor of biology and program director.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

There are gated majors, typically in computer science, engineering and nursing, and, at my institution, business, that require students to earn a minimum GPA in an introductory course in order to declare a major. The resounding demands for equity within higher education heard far and wide during the summer of 2020 have, I fear, faded.

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