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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. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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University of Arizona Sustainability Fund Supports Creative Solutions

Insight Into Diversity

Photo courtesy UArizona CSF) This expansion fits well within the project’s goal of building both human and ecological diversity, says Jill Williams, PhD, the director of WISE. “We Photo courtesy UArizona CSF. We want to foster more diverse and inclusive environmental science communities,” she says.

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How to Increase Scientific Literacy

Inside Higher Ed

Bored out of his mind by box checking introductory courses in the humanities, my correspondent wrote: “To many STEM students the truly “Great Books” were written by Physicists and Mathematicians.” Facile speech doesn’t get you through Physical Electronics.

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Coursera convenes leaders from over 60 universities and companies for Future of Higher Education Summit

Coursera blog

Holistic models like micro-campuses, “credit for prior learning,” and industry-integrated curricula address challenges like overcrowded classrooms and outdated facilities while preparing students for a dynamic global landscape.

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Coursera convenes leaders from over 60 universities and companies for Future of Higher Education Summit

Coursera blog

Holistic models like micro-campuses, “credit for prior learning,” and industry-integrated curricula address challenges like overcrowded classrooms and outdated facilities while preparing students for a dynamic global landscape.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

From a childhood of pumping gas and bookkeeping for the family business to a career in software engineering, he developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit. We asked him how the college-to-careers pillar might have drawn on the unique vantage point of his software engineering background. Very similar to software engineering.

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How COVID spurred online education innovation and empathy

Inside Higher Ed

“It didn’t matter if you sat in IT or our academic technology group or in one of the schools or foreign facilities office where you rarely interacted with the academics—the shared goal was so clear to everybody,” said Matthew Rascoff, Stanford’s vice provost for digital education.

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