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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 3, 2022
For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. We want to create a parallel system of development for computer science and other fields.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University has been named the university’s 17th provost. An expert in computer vision and graphics, Bala will succeed John Siliciano, professor of law in Cornell Law School, who has served as interim provost since July 1.
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University Business
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. However, there is one subset of this group that stands out in popularity and workforce prowess: computer and data science.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Women comprise 58% of all 2021 bachelor’s degree recipients but just 22% of recipients in computer and information sciences and only make up 27% of professional computing jobs. Judith Spitz, founder and executive director of Break Through Tech.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Jeff Schiel ACT For the report, " High School Students’ Use and Impressions of AI Tools ", ACT researchers asked 4,006 10th to 12th-grade students nationally about their AI usage and their views on such tools. Computer science and programming was found to be the least common reason for such tool use (17%).
The Scholarly Teacher
MARCH 1, 2023
Keywords: Evolving Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Student Learning, Assessment What Is ChatGPT? Where this new technology gets interesting is that you can ask ChatGPT to write a poem using specific elements and format requirements you provide, solve story problems, or write a paper. Actually, quite the contrary.
EAB
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Creating a data-informed campus: part 2. The need for data-informed decision making in higher education continues to increase. As I discussed in the first blog post in this series , institutions need a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 14, 2023
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence in the world of higher education has continued with the report that Harvard University has plans to use an AI chatbot as part of its introductory computer science course. Others are teaching information literacy by having students fact-check bots’ responses to research questions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 9, 2024
With roots dating back to 1891, the university has evolved to address new technologies, especially in agriculture, and prepare readily employable graduates. A&T Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, is working on developing an all-natural, antiviral disinfectant with promising results in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 5, 2023
Kay Ivey’s recent executive order requiring all state-owned networks and devices to block access to and from the TikTok social media application, Auburn University’s Office of Information Technology began blocking TikTok on campus via wi-fi access on Dec. All this personal information. 13,” Auburn said in a statement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. These inform strategic decisions to address inequities and improve outcomes. … Santiago and Sarita E. Neufeldt, president of CSUSM.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 31, 2024
Encouragement Watford inherited one pre-college program that already existed for seventh and eighth graders, providing information about electrical and computer engineering. Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.” I believe CEED is a national model,” Sanders says. “If
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 8, 2023
Academic work requires material access to information in libraries, and other resources like computers and (relatively quiet) space in which to write. Gramsci, toiling away at his notebooks in his prison cell, and other geniuses who have done important research and literary creation under the hardest circumstances, are the exceptions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 14, 2023
Multiple academic studies have demonstrated that encouraging children to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) career gives them a distinct business advantage later in life. As the world becomes increasingly digitalized and reliant on technology, the demand for STEM skills and careers is growing rapidly.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Women wrote the first computer algorithm and the first programming language to use English words. York lauds the program as “really smart.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 24, 2024
"We continue to see almost all of the growth [for undergrads] coming not from new freshmen, but rather from larger numbers of students who are continuing from last year and also returning from stop-outs,” said Dr. Doug Shapiro, director of the NSC research enter. There's been a lot of growth in graduate students."
University Business
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
As a growing number of undergraduate students each year opt to enroll in computer science, it’s important to know which schools offer the best degrees in the field. Not only did computer science survive the pandemic—it thrived. Georgia Institute of Technology (96.87) Atlanta, GA $508 / $586 6. Similarly, the U.S.
Clark Nesxen
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Computational design has the power to transform the way we approach problems and design solutions. It involves codifying information and interactions between elements for a specific process, enabling professionals in fields like architecture and engineering to design and engineer buildings more efficiently, accurately, and effectively.
Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The question is to what extent universities feel the need to step into the developmental space around XR technologies, and who should they be watching. Apple has not made much public noise around XR technologies beyond integrating AR functionalities into its recent iPhone releases. Who should universities watch? Think small.
University Business
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Since the pandemic, the increased reliance on digital technology, such as virtual meetings and online learning, has created additional pathways enabling bad actors to access confidential student and employee data. The institution offers a range of courses under the umbrella of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
From the burgeoning focus on diversity and inclusion in the 1980s and 1990s to the rise of digital technology in the late 1990s and 2000s, I have been privileged to observe and contribute to significant shifts in the educational paradigm. Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia.
The Scholarly Teacher
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Generative AI tools can refine research topics, support data analysis, and format references. Although the capabilities of generative AI tools will continue to expand, our guiding questions are designed to maintain relevance despite shifts in technologies. Frontiers in Computing and Intelligent Systems , 2 , 81–83. Kshetri, N.,
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 20, 2023
Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. In this cat-and-mouse game, some computer scientists are working to make AI writers more humanlike, while others are working to improve detection tools. Academic fields make progress in this way.
SRHE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
by Anita Toh As scholarly research into and using generative AI tools like ChatGPT becomes more prevalent, it is crucial for researchers to understand the intersections of copyright, fair use, and use of generative AI in research. This evokes the question: Why doesn’t the proposed research align with fair use?
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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
What there is, is a clear exponential increase in the capabilities being demonstrated by computation algorithms. The computational capabilities do not represent intelligence in the sense of sapience or sentience. These capabilities are not informed by the senses derived from an organic nervous system.
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CAPD
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
How to Schedule a Coffee Chat on Handshake • Find the Coffee-chat job posting link on Handshake • Click Quick-Apply and if prompted, attach your resume, and submit your application • You should be taken to a screen to sign-up for a time slot, if not check your email for a message and link from Handshake Aerospace: • Relativity Space (seek Test Engineering (..)
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Ray Schroeder
MAY 16, 2023
A new school at the University of Southern California will be dedicated to teaching data science and information technology to non-computer majors in order to prepare them for an increasingly digital world. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Clark Nesxen
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Ryan Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, has been a champion of technology in architecture since teaching himself how to create a script in 2013. Today, as a dedicated computational designer, he believes great design ideas come first and the application of computational tools can elevate those ideas.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 12, 2023
Given that the natural language model earned passing scores on the evidence and torts portion of the bar exam, among other feats, some in academe fret that the technology may facilitate widespread cheating. The artificial intelligence language model was released by OpenAI and is currently offered free as a research preview. As editors?
CAPD
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Join Prehealth Advising this IAP for a collection of events designed to help you explore your interest in careers at the intersection of medicine, healthcare, and research along with the chance to get involved in small-scale volunteer opportunities and clinical experiences.
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College Forward
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — College Possible , the pioneering national nonprofit on a mission to boost equitable college access and success by connecting high school and college students from low-income backgrounds with near-peer coaches, today announced the appointment of Ali Ayub as senior vice president of finance, technology, and data.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Photo credit: Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, the authors share details about the new Computer Science Education Group; an innovative initiative that aims to bring together staff and students of varied backgrounds involved in Computer Science Education. What Sets Us Apart? You can find more about us on our website: [link].
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 25, 2016
I first visited Stanford and MIT in 1973 when I was writing computer programs to teach school students algebra. Since then the use of statistics has become much more sophisticated and learners have been offered an increasing variety of ways of using computers to take greater control of their own learning.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 31, 2023
Without delay, the colleges set to work performing restorative activities on their respective computer networks, according to Meg Casper Sunstrom, deputy commissioner for strategic communications at the Louisiana Board of Regents. Then the account added, “This is all of the information currently available for release.”
HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
surrounding the technology is all about. For most people, ChatGPT was their introduction to large language model (LLM) AI, a technological advancement distinguished by several key features. These advanced features fundamentally alter how we can interact with machines and access information. Scale: LLMs are massive.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Student grades, attendance, and staff’s citations fuel the academic-industrial complex by fostering connections between businesses ready to absorb the highly-graded students while partnering with high-ranking research initiatives. The death match of institutional orders and the politics of knowledge in our information civilization.
University Business
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Joining a research and education network (REN) is a worthwhile investment for any college or university with a research program. They act as high-powered internet service providers connecting laboratories, research sites and academic institutions. But RENs are more than just superhighways for sharing research information.
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University Business
JULY 18, 2023
As a longtime procurement professional, I’ve seen many well-intentioned administrators reinvent the wheel when seeking solutions to improve campus life and student outcomes; connecting with procurement before doing any research could transform how they approach investing in related resources. Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat.
The Scholarly Teacher
MARCH 23, 2022
Because Discord is privately owned and not supported by most universities, faculty members will need to allow students the option of joining the class server and offer alternative ways of communicating information through the approved LMS. What could be the drawbacks of implementing a technology such as Discord into your existing courses?
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Five hundred of the approximately 5,000 students across the three soon-to-be-merged institutions responded, and those students indicated, “We want information as quickly as possible, and digital is better,” according to Grewal. Still, UC Merced sought to create a model for a 21st-century academic research library.
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University Business
JULY 2, 2024
“Any language-based assessment or any language-based discipline is going to be affected, [including] lab reports, research papers and speech writing,” says Mike Kentz, founder of AI For Schools, an AI literacy training consultancy. Researchers at the University of Reading in the U.K.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
DECEMBER 22, 2022
” Among the criticisms : That the report lacked sound research to support its claim that its approach will advance equity. That the framework cherry-picked, misrepresented and distorted the cited literature in neuroscience, acceleration, tracking and assessment. Linus: New math is too much for me. It’s necessary.
Supporting Student Success
MAY 6, 2021
In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites. But he always wanted to pursue a degree in computer science—he loved technology. She earned her Ed.D.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 31, 2023
As a composition instructor and sometime creative writer, I admit to being stung by the email informing me “that we’re making some changes to our content priorities and production volume, and unfortunately, we won’t be able to offer you hours after this week.” Why not rely on help from technology?
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