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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With roots dating back to 1891, the university has evolved to address new technologies, especially in agriculture, and prepare readily employable graduates. The number of master’s degree and doctoral degree programs continues to grow and the faculty is achieving national and international recognition for its research. Dr. Tonya L.

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Women in STEM: Perception Versus Reality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. but only 34% of the STEM workforce; they also earn only 24% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering, 24% in physics, and 21% in computer science.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After all, students who lack a solid background in calculus and statistics are not only closed out of programs in business analytics and financial technology, engineering, epidemiology and health informatics, machine learning and the quantitative social sciences, but even medical, dental and nursing school. It’s necessary.

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What could virtual reality mean for higher ed?

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In partnership with ASU faculty, Dreamscape Learn created an immersive, interactive environment called The Alien Zoo , in which students discover that a rare alien species is suffering from a new, undiagnosed ailment and must work to identify its origin and find a way to cure the suffering population. and “how can I use this?” on their own.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

Learning Disabilities and College Success Should a student with a learning disability share that information on the college application? Should students disclose this information or keep the diagnosis private? In this environment, school faculty and staff understand the complexities of managing life with a learning disability.

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To chat or not to chat, this is not the only problem! (Part 1)

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Many researchers and developers are working on new-specific implementations of Gen-AI technology, specifically exploiting the power of “Generative Pre-trained Transformers”, aka GPTs. He is ambitious about improving my computational skills by leading, organising, or being a part of training workshops and events.

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Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods: Effect of remote exams on performance in applied knowledge assessments

Teaching Matters Online Learning

The latter are designed to be automatically marked by computer with a check by two faculty members to ensure all correct answers are identified. Year 5 has modules in obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, paediatrics (one semester) and a number of medical specialty areas (e.g. This was not seen in year 5.

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