Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Partly a history and in part a sociology of English as a profession, Professing Criticism is an extraordinary book, truly a landmark work of scholarship and interpretation, without a doubt the most important intellectual and sociocultural study of a humanities field that I have encountered.

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence group defines artificial intelligence as “a term coined by emeritus Stanford Professor John McCarthy in 1955, was defined by him as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.’ Often times this now happens via neural networks.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

To know ourselves, it’s essential to know our own history. Unfortunately, most academics know remarkably little about their collective history, even its more recent iterations. American history, my field and Graff’s, was just one of many disciplines that underwent a sea change during the 1960s and early 1970s.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Reading Time: 8 minutes As digital media has become more integrated into our daily lives, how we consume information has dramatically shifted, and visual content has become crucial in capturing and retaining audiences’ attention. This is because the human brain processes visuals much faster than text.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Science fiction is the genre that allows us to imagine the future—not just future technologies, but the future of society and human life. asked what, if anything, distinguishes a human from an android. Certainly, engineering and technology students would do well to ponder those issues.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Even US news outlet NPR reported : It is notable that for the first time in British history, none of the four most senior ministerial positions — prime minister, finance minister, foreign secretary and home secretary — have been taken up by a white male. There has been much talk about the diversity of Liz Truss’s new Cabinet. table id=18 /].

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

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Our newer faculty ranks are at their most diverse in UC history. Our professional backgrounds are distinct; we represent faculty and senior administrators trained in medicine, science and engineering, the arts, social sciences, humanities, and education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. I thought I could make more of a difference at MIT because of its unique role in science and engineering.”

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In any discipline, and in any genre, the good writer anticipates the reader’s needs and delivers information as it is needed. Rather than asking readers to do the heavy lifting of sequencing information, writers do that work for them. By telling stories, the argument goes, we learn empathy, discover ourselves, and become more humane.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Or to take some other examples of high ROI fields: “Those with a bachelor’s degree in #architecture and #engineering have median lifetime earnings of $3.8 No surprise: computers, math, healthcare practice, architecture, engineering, and business. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Provide this information on course websites and syllabi and repeat it in class. For some assessments, professors may need to revert to traditional forms of teaching, learning and evaluation, which can be viewed as more human-centric. Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University. Question How Writing Is Taught.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Recent reports by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the Center for American Progress on sexual orientation and gender identity data call for change in clinical and research data collection. Yet basic research ethics tells us not to ask for information we have no need or clearly envisioned use for.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. We knew the engine of peer review needed a tune-up. But I was impressed by how much you do in publishing to build up a book.”

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Evidence from student work has demonstrated that there is a need for students to be able to think more deeply about content, and to be able to cover a wider scope of information as they complete coursework. Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In any discipline, and in any genre, the good writer anticipates the reader’s needs and delivers information as it is needed. Rather than asking readers to do the heavy lifting of sequencing information, writers do that work for them. By telling stories, the argument goes, we learn empathy, discover ourselves, and become more humane.

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Master of Science in Information Technology from Illinois Tech – This program covers new and emerging information technologies, their application and integration, and the administrative practices used in their effective management. Admission is based on performance in three preliminary courses, not academic history.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

People have resisted new and drastic change throughout history, yet every time it happens we seem to adjust as a society.” “I’m The results—that nearly every part of the economy is likely to be affected—were surprising to some students who had not considered the role information technology plays in each sector.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Q: You call your book “the political history of an idea.” ” What is that idea and why do we need to know its political history? Q: What do you make then of the shrinking numbers of liberal arts students and the huge increase in those pursuing career tracks in fields such as engineering and business?

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Within community colleges, some programs of study are loosely defined, especially in the humanities, or were never designed to lead to transfer, as in the case of applied associate degrees. And improvement is needed.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Evidence from student work has demonstrated that there is a need for students to be able to think more deeply about content, and to be able to cover a wider scope of information as they complete coursework. Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

People have resisted new and drastic change throughout history, yet every time it happens we seem to adjust as a society.” “I’m The results—that nearly every part of the economy is likely to be affected—were surprising to some students who had not considered the role information technology plays in each sector.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The current context of education is riddled with anti-Blackness that continues to find systemic ways to harm Black children and adolescents, ranging from the persistent surveillance and pushout from educational opportunities to anti-CRT legislation that prevents all students — not just Black youth — from learning about Black history and culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is expanding into STEAM, with the addition of art. It informs us that if we do not have the arts, there’s a hole in our soul, which every day I’m trying to plug up when it can be filled up with some really wonderful things centered around the arts.”

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

secretary of education Margaret Spellings and a collaborator declared , “Just as young people should be taught coding, they must be taught the decoding of news and information as a prerequisite of informed citizenship.” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

” Math instruction “has much to correct [because] the subject and community of mathematics has a history of exclusion and filtering, rather than inclusion and welcoming.” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. ” “Do not include homework … as any part of grading.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. These changes speak to the human cost of political interference, affecting the very heart of educational institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

This past spring, we awarded the Undergraduate Transfer scholarship to 100 high-achieving community college students , the largest group in the program's history. For more information about the Cooke Transfer Scholarship and the application process, launching in October, click here. This holds true for selective institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In fall 2021, during the strategic plan’s “ planning in process ” faculty, staff and students were invited to weigh in on the goal to “pursue a more dynamic and influential presence in engineering, computational and information sciences.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Of course, the most important outgrowth of the financial crisis was to accelerate the shift away from traditional humanities fields toward STEM fields. The popularity of majors that lead directly to well-paying jobs, whether in business, engineering, health care or information technology, shows no signs of slackening.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

They include boosting inclusion through experiential learning opportunities, providing more pathways for students, and embracing digital education. Podcast Highlights Illinois Tech pairs technology education with human-centered education by mandating experiential learning opportunities. Thank God, Drumm. Philip Danforth Armour, Sr.,

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

The higher education landscape faces a troubling decrease in graduate school enrollment, markedly among minority groups and engineering programs. Notably, the engineering field experienced a substantial 16.1% decrease in enrollment, which is troubling, given the growing demand for engineering professionals. minority and STEM).

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Susquehanna President's Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

Much of the early history of grades in American higher education was associated with creating a way to determine which student would give that speech. These typically include a “valedictory,” which is literally a farewell speech to the graduating class.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2023

The short book does cover that history briefly, but goes deeper into racism and struggles to overcome it in her life in Texas. It also gives a deep history of how racism was built into that state’s structures from the first settlers who came to Texas from what became the Confederacy to a state constitution that favored some over others.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Today's Learner

MAY 8, 2023

At first, I was hesitant because no computers or technology were allowed but he presents the information in a way that allows you to easily understand what you’ll be tested on while also learning. Mark Portelli, Release Engineering Manager at Cengage “I was an Electrical Engineering major and studied mostly Science and Math.

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