Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Emily Midkiff, assistant professor of teaching, leadership and professional practice at the University of North Dakota and author of Equipping Space Cadets: Primary Science Fiction for Young Children, explores why demand from kids for sci-fi books outstrips the supply.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental. Invest in active learning spaces. In 2017, Educause identified active learning spaces as the year’s No. The solution?

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

These are a few of the innovative designs developed by researchers for people with disabilities at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The researchers developed PURE over the last five years with grant funding from the National Science Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

He aims to disrupt those systems and advance intersectional justice through education in math and science. While working in programs like the Upward Bound Math-Science initiative and summer bridge programs, he experienced how math teaching and learning has a strong impact on how students build their sense of identity with the discipline. “We

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2023

Beginning in fall 2022, the University of California, Irvine, operated its first academic year with the newly constructed Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, which conjoins the Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. Now, UC Irvine is poised to reach its mission as the “global model for integrative health.”

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We have partnered with Barbara Oakley, a distinguished professor of engineering at Oakland University and creator of some of the most popular courses on Coursera , to offer five science-backed recommendations to help build a more impactful, learner-centric L&D program. .

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From digital resources and sensory spaces to personalized assistance, many academic libraries prioritize creating an environment where all members of the academic community can thrive, ensuring equal access to information. backpacks containing therapeutic supplies similar to those in-room — that are available for checkout.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Founded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Doris Duke Foundation, the SOA is a coalition of more than 200 organizations that have committed to aiding efforts to bolster equity in STEMM fields. The alliance launched in 2022 at the first White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bridging the gap between community colleges and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) professions, Stanford University’s student-run Community College Outreach Program (CCOP) is launching research internships and summer boot camps for aspiring students. Science is hard and research is really hard. They need workshops.

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University Business

JANUARY 9, 2024

Pragmatic spaces Students prefer lowkey and multi-functional spaces that can adapt to their changing needs. They’re interested in minimalist designs rather than “Disney-esque” luxury amenities that occupy space for a specific activity.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lab space can be found anywhere, the thing that really matters is the people.” In 2023, the prime minister Rishi Sunak launched a plan to cement the UK’s place as a science and technology superpower by 2030, by bringing “every part of government together”. “The one thing we’re competing for is talent.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In this response, I want to do three things: pick and connect some particularly fruitful points from each talk – there were many, so this is hard; comment on assemblages and assemblage thinking in relation to current and future learning arrangements, and segue into the practical work of realising better spaces for learning in better universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2023

University of Tennessee Health Science Center ’s (UTHSC) dentistry school has opened a $45-million Delta Dental of Tennessee Building on its Memphis campus, WREG reported. Delta Dental gave $6.3 million for construction costs and $1.4 million for equipment for the building.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Now, those interested in computer science can prepare for a high-growth career in tech by building job-ready skills through Google and the University of London with the Google IT Support Certificate being recognised for credit within the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree. Get the details.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Design plays a significant role in the incubator’s mission by creating flexible, collaborative spaces for students and communities that foster entrepreneurial exploration and innovation. So, what do these spaces have in common? More from UB: Alumni love their alma mater. Why not use them to win future students?

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

In January 2022, Wiline Pangle, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), collaborated with 14 of her colleagues to create an innovative new program aimed at equipping students with often overlooked yet essential skills needed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

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The PIE News

MAY 19, 2023

“As we attract and retain the brightest and most talented students, faculty and staff, it gives us the much-need space to thrive,” she continued. The post Uni of Greenwich Int’l College finds new home appeared first on The PIE News.

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University Business

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Air Force to support moving quantum technology applications from concept to market — and potentially, space. People should know that this is the second quantum revolution,” said Yves Idzerda, physicist and dean of MSU’s College of Letters and Sciences and principal investigator for the grant.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Two institutions — Lafayette College, a private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), a public health sciences university — are setting examples for others as they spearhead projects from Banned Books Week events to more in-depth actions like developing a strategic DEI plan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Corbett-Helaire made deliberate efforts to go to spaces filled with people of color, particularly Black people, to encourage their trust in taking the vaccine, knowing it could save their lives. HBCU students, she said, come to her lab with an innate knowledge of “what Black people bring to academic spaces.”

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Coursera blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcoming new industry partner Genentech Making Data Science Work for Clinical Reporting course from Genentech Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has been a leader in biotechnology for more than 40 years. The pharmaceutical industry is not always associated with data science, and Genentech is keen to change that perception.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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HEPI

APRIL 10, 2023

Professor Nurse tells us universities need more permeable ‘spaces’ to allow people, skills, and ideas to flow across the siloed structures of ‘disciplines’, ‘departments’, ‘schools’, and ‘faculties’, as well as between universities and industry. Our goals have been refined through practice, and with our student co-researchers.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

The flexibility expands opportunities for students but can also leave them isolated from their peers or without adequate support for their more challenging questions, as computer science and IT concepts are “notoriously complex,” says Mike Peterson, associate dean and director of the computer science and software program for the college.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) recently confronted a pressing challenge in the realm of education technology. By promoting innovation in this space, policymakers can help ensure that VLEs keep up with the rapid evolution of education technology. Find him on LinkedIn.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college. There will be a seminar room, study space, and lounge, all headquartered on the first floor of the library. The library symbolically serves as the central point of academic learning in an academic institution.”

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Participants were generously funded by the Institute of Data Science and nearly two dozen faculty members received stipends to attend an immersive two-day workshop in early June, where they explored how to responsibly integrate generative AI tools in support of student learning. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

Brad Cardinal, study co-author and professor in OSU’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences. The study – lead author was Dr. Alexandra Szarabajko, chair of exercise science at Columbia College – examined 331 U.S. This decline comes amid U.S.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

UW-Stout recently launched a first-of-its-kind bachelor of science in automation leadership that fully integrates pipelines from the K12 and technical college spheres. UW-Stout’s initiatives are supported by three pillars: the K12 space, the technical college sector and business/industry.

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

The three-story, 51,000-square-foot building will replace buildings 10 and F1 and house the college’s business, humanities and social sciences programs. The building will have regular classrooms and offices as well as an anthropology lab, a mock courtroom, a covered outdoor classroom and collaborative learning spaces on each level.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“Working as an intensive care unit registered nurse and studying medical sciences full-time was difficult. “Individuals not only travel here for world-leading, high-quality education but also to contribute towards it” He recently participated in a project to restore a derelict cottage into a safe community space.

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HEPI

MARCH 23, 2023

The Government has stated a strong commitment to the UK taking a leading role in international research and innovation, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology created by the Prime Minister in February 2023 places a welcome emphasis on science, bringing it back into the heart of a government department.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“What they haven’t done is committed to what that discount might look like [for international students]” “It’s a case of ‘watch this space’ and wait until these things are announced, and then you try to get your head around it to explain how it’s going to impact the student.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Discussions on social media encompass a range of topics, from teaching styles and content comprehension to spaces for students to express themselves and share course insights. In essence, social media offers a portable and customizable sense of community across various spaces, enriching the learning experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow by Steven, Bob and Jay Novella. One aspect I liked about The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future is how deep the Novella brothers dive into the science.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Joseph’s University absorbed the University of the Sciences in June, officials noted that the merger allowed St. Joseph’s is dropping four doctoral programs that it acquired from the University of the Sciences, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer : cell and molecular biology, cancer biology, chemistry, and biochemistry.

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