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AI: A Brilliant but Biased Tool for Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those assignments acknowledge the usefulness and the limitation of the technology, which cannot detect or differentiate human bias and negative stereotypes in the almost limitless field of data and information from which it pulls its answers. Dr. Vaughn A. Provost Dr. Janice L.

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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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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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Three Australian universities to set up in Indonesia

The PIE News

Western Sydney University has a long and proud history of opening up access to higher education for students who have the drive, ambition and dedication to succeed. Establishing a significant long-term presence in Indonesia is an exciting new chapter in that history,” said Jennifer Westacott, chancellor, Western Sydney University.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Inside Higher Ed

” 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.” Facility with analytics, data mining, data visualization, informatics and probability isn’t a luxury. Linus: New math is too much for me.

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Understanding the purpose and role of the CAA UAE in higher education

Creatrix Campus

The history of CAA in UAE The history of CAA in UAE The Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) was established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2006 with the aim of ensuring the quality of higher education and improving the academic standards of higher education institutions in the country.

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Beyond the four walls of urban campuses, all university systems will face a fifth wall posed by the rapid expansion of those digital technologies now labeled the metaverse. But even with these technologies, it’s important to intentionally create a virtual space where diverse ideas come together.

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