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MIT Emerging Talent opens pathways for underserved global learners - Camila Massa, MIT Open Learning

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Today, Masic is an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a faculty fellow in archaeological materials at MIT. “I I am overwhelmed with gratitude at having made it to MIT, a place that values innovation, science, and excellence, but also with a sense of responsibility,” Masic says.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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Painting and shaping Learning Landscapes with Assemblages in mind

SRHE

It’s also worth noting that “assemblage” exists somewhat independently as a technical term in fields such as archaeology, ecology, data science and art practice. There is a time and a place for correcting other people’s use of the term “assemblage” – but perhaps not at meetings of Academic Board.

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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Nine other works are currently in development and represent a broad disciplinary range: Africana studies, American studies, archaeology and the ancient world, ethnic studies, history, history of art and architecture, Italian studies, literary arts, and performance studies.

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Lab space is inadequate to meet the growing for programs in biological sciences, neuroscience, or engineering, but can’t easily be expanded because of cost constraints and safety regulations. There are powerful virtual technologies that allow students to be in a lab and run experiments and we have used these across the natural sciences.

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Coin hoard that could be linked to Glen Coe massacre found under fireplace

The Guardian - Higher Education

Experts uncover 17th-century coins at site linked with clan chief Alasdair Ruadh ‘Maclain’ MacDonald A hoard of coins linked to a Highland chief – which may have been stashed away as he tried in vain to escape the Glen Coe massacre – has been discovered underneath a fireplace.

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Teaching Lower-Division Undergraduates to Think Like Anthropologists, Economists, Geographers, Political Scientists, Psychologists and Sociologists

Inside Higher Ed

I’ve written before about the need to cultivate social science literacy. Every social science discipline not only has its distinct subject matter and language; it also has its unique ways of thinking. What about the core social science disciplines? Political Science. Many only become apparent in retrospect.