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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Already having committed to making several cluster hires for the department, the university turned to the Mellon Foundation to help quicken the pace of expansion, said Dr. David Figlio, the university's provost. In a couple years, he added, "we could be looking at the influence of AI technologies on Black life.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

” As part of the analysis, researchers looked at whether humanities programs were less likely to grow relative to programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. percent for 236 new programs for engineering, engineering-related technologies and technicians, similar to a 39.1

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AAU task force to build US-India HE partnerships

The PIE News

Led by five US university leaders, the initiative was created in coordination with the government’s U.S.-India India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology , which the Biden administration is hoping will form ties between the two countries in technological and industrial collaboration. “It

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