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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lim is now leading the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) into the future. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.” in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University, his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his Ph.D.

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UIUC Leads Effort to Make Speech Recognition Technology More Inclusive

Insight Into Diversity

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems are trained using large datasets from public audiobook websites, resulting in technology that excels at transcribing voices similar to professional narrators but struggles with challenges like second-language accents, underrepresented dialects, and speech impacted by disabilities.

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Colleges award tenure

Inside Higher Ed

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guy Bresler, electrical engineering and computer science. Otto Cordero, civil and environmental engineering. Michael Carbin, electrical engineering and computer science. Ming Guo, mechanical engineering. Stefanie Jegelka, electrical engineering and computer science.

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Insight Into Diversity Honors Legacy of DEI Innovator, Former Board Chair

Insight Into Diversity

In 2008, he developed the first Editorial Board for Insight Into Diversity magazine, and was selected as the inaugural Board Chair. “He His sudden departure leaves a void not only in the lives of his loved ones but also in the fields of higher education, social justice, and diversity advocacy. Christopher A.

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These 25 schools are tops for producing the nation’s leaders

University Business

However, colleges and universities offering premium programs in specific trades like engineering and agriculture helped diversify the list. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature. But above all, the institutions most likely to make this list have at least one notable postgraduate program or are large research universities.

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What Is Zero-Trust Security? Key Principles of the Model

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Cybersecurity remains a top priority for higher ed IT leaders, according to InsideHigherEd's "2023 Survey of Campus Chief Technology/Information Officers," report, with 92 percent of respondents noting that they have updated their software to improve their cybersecurity practices within the last 12 months.

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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.