Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Dan Cohen

JANUARY 24, 2022

I also happen to love this passage from Rollo May’s book, which is incredibly relevant to the Humane Ingenuity newsletter. Joel Willick, an engineering student at Northeastern University, has created a delightful robot named Bob ROS , an excellent play on the late, great Bob Ross of PBS’s cult hit “The Joy of Painting.”

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

We are also seeing educators and students adopt AI faster than previous disruptive and transformative technologies. CIOs and their network support engineers constantly have to find creative ways to improve their network configurations to support the ever-growing number of devices on campus.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

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. We pretty much have three options as international humanities majors. It prepares you for any job, anywhere.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute (Emory AI.Health) will work to develop and implement AI technologies to enhance patient health and wellness, emphasizing health equity by making care more affordable and accessible. Woodruff professor of biomedical engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

Minh-an Pence Minh-an Pence has been named director of human resources for the Division of Information Technology at Virginia Tech. Pence served as an outreach and engagement recruiting specialist for the Division of Human Resources at Virginia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Dr. Gilda Barabino Olin College of Engineering "Our use of AI in our teaching can be seen both as a threat to how students acquire foundational knowledge, but it can also be an enabler to enhance student learning,” said panelist Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, president of the Olin College of Engineering. These new AI tools.

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ACPA

JUNE 9, 2023

How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education (Part I)?- We are talking about how technology influences our work at higher education and student affairs, particularly in international education. We will also talk about what we can do to stand out as student affairs professionals in the age of technology. #22-How

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 24, 2023

The program will also include a formal creativity training component to spur student innovation on new materials technologies. With machine learning and artificial intelligence taking over a larger role in research, it means that many tasks aren’t being performed by humans as much anymore,” Maschmann said. “So,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPI’s research and innovation ecosystem.” in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU). Research in healthcare (Kobayashi et al.,

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HEPI

JANUARY 14, 2024

How could a degree in History and Politics be so useful in financial technology? Humanities and social sciences degrees have come under attack for their lack of utility, seemingly not useful in a world of big data and where artificial intelligence could soon penetrate every part of our daily lives. And how did I end up in fintech?

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished. Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued. Christopher A.

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Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The online MEng aims to produce engineering leaders who can advance emerging technologies, from nanotechnology and clean energy to self-driving cars and AI. will require 418,000 engineers. 26% of those are expected to be master’s-level engineers. 26% of those are expected to be master’s-level engineers.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

surrounding the technology is all about. For most people, ChatGPT was their introduction to large language model (LLM) AI, a technological advancement distinguished by several key features. The technology can generate drafts quickly and at scale, and it excels at tasks like keyword integration and metadata creation.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU). Research in healthcare (Kobayashi et al.,

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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MindMax

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As with any disruptive technology, AI will replace certain roles once filled by humans. However, we’ve all seen time and again that while new technologies result in job losses, they also lead to the creation of new ones. This process will almost certainly occur as AI becomes more mainstream.

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ACPA

JULY 7, 2023

How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education (Part II)?- With Hanna Lee Description: This is the second episode of our discussion on technology and international education. Today we are continuing to introduce the trending technology in student affairs and international education.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As the fastest-growing technology in human history, it has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives. GenAI Academy for Executives helps leaders enhance their ethical and strategic decision-making For executives, GenAI strategy formulation and technology adoption are high-stakes decisions.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. Such attributes betray the text’s humanity.

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

AI is often used to drive automation and perform tasks requiring minimal human input, like information sorting. For more complex tasks, we can teach computers to imitate human learning processes using algorithms and statistical models. This practice is called machine learning.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read more from The Washington Times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Champlain’s education model is designed to get students “ready for work, ready for life, ready to make a difference,” Hernandez said.

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

To better serve learners, we’ve expanded our degree portfolio by over 40% since last year and now offer degrees from leading universities, including Dartmouth College, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, and the University of California, Berkeley. To begin classes in January, enroll between November 1st and December 15, 2023.

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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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University Business

MARCH 22, 2023

Academic disciplines were grouped into five categories: Arts and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences and Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences and Management. Here are the top three schools per the five general subject categories: Arts and Humanities Harvard University University of Cambridge (U.K.)

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

These are a few of the innovative designs developed by researchers for people with disabilities at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). In the (dis)Ability Design Studio, the concept of person-first design is prioritized — the user comes before the technology.

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Coursera blog

MARCH 6, 2023

These latest courses, Professional Certificates, and degrees cover everything from accounting and IT to data science and software engineering. This program is an ideal way to prepare for career advancement in the field of software engineering—one of the most in-demand and fastest growing occupational fields in the country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Natalia Rodriguez Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Associate Director of Population Health and Health Equity, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Age: 35 Education: B.S., chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S.,

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

We take AI tools for granted every day – from search engines to digital voice assistants to facial recognition on our phones. Its goal is to mimic the way humans think and communicate. ChatGPT is based on GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture, which is a type of deep neural network designed to generate human-like text.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Preparing Faculty to work with AI The University of Mississippi is pioneering new approaches to prepare faculty for emerging technologies, like generative AI, in the classroom. Together, we built assignments that asked students to engage generative technologies at different points in their writing process.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A new platform has ambitions to be a one-stop shop for study abroad, employing an AI-based engine to recommend universities and programs to prospective students all over the world. Launching six months ago, MetaApply has already partnered with 150 universities.

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

By combining human and machine intelligence, real-world datasets, best practices around data privacy, and ethical considerations, you’ll develop the knowledge and fundamental skills to tackle your own AI for good projects. By pursuing a career in Human Resources, you will contribute to the overall achievement of an organization.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Though college information technology offices have long worked behind the scenes to bolster institutional defenses, their countermeasure efforts, such as installing network threat detection and risk-mitigation systems, are often invisible. “Most humans encountered the clowns, and it was like the magnetic opposition,” Grundy said.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Today’s higher education students are increasingly digitally savvy, accustomed to technology being woven into every facet of their lives. In the world of self-paced learning, AI-driven technologies can augment the role of instructors by providing real-time, nuanced feedback that goes beyond simple right-or-wrong answers.

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