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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. Awardees receive an honorarium and are invited to present a seminar in the spring.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I The assistant principal for boys suggested she apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Calling her “a pioneer in technology,” Black Enterprise also named Jackson a Women of Power Legacy Award Winner.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

A few are going further, asking what they can do to help Afghan women regain control of their academic futures, whether through scholarships to U.S. Currently there are eight institutions participating in the initiative, including New York University and the California Institute of Technology. “Scholarships to study at a U.S.

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Study: 'Disruptive' science is on the decline

Inside Higher Ed

This trend downward “represents a substantive shift in science and technology, one that reinforces concerns about slowing innovative activity,” says the analysis , published this month in Nature. Papers in the physical sciences, social sciences and technology saw similar declines.

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Accused Idaho killer studied criminology. Is there a link?

Inside Higher Ed

It’s tempting to draw a connection between Kohberger’s academic pursuits and the crime he’s accused of committing, but experts say that neither the evidence in the case nor the nature of criminology scholarship supports that link. But that doesn’t mean they’re going to act on that,” Fox said.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

Spaces aren’t (in most cases) designed by the educators teaching in them, but looking at the formal learning setting (lab, lecture theatre, seminar room, etc) through a critical lens can help educators begin to think about what they might want to achieve in that space. Sometimes in deep conversation and some shy and yet eager to belong.

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Top Strategies for Improving Student Retention in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

Google is what they breathe through, mobile apps for higher education , and advanced gaming technologies to beat their boredom, what naught? Such software with out-of-the-box retention solutions and cloud/mobile technology would be a key student retention component. But alas, they show less interest in the concept of learning.