Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A brand-new video series that highlights the diverse experiences of Black boys and men in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields, has launched under the direction of a prominent researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brian A. Dr. Brian A.

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Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Federal support, funding opportunities, and advice were the topics of discussion at a Virginia Union University (VUU) webinar about STEM research at Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Growing up, there wasn’t really anyone telling me that engineering was a path I could take.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The school’s president, Dr. Edward B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Vernon Dunn, director of The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering at the National Academy of Engineers, first met Williams at one of the summer programs Williams ran at Xavier. Dunn says he speaks with Williams daily, seeking advice on managing people, navigating spaces, and how to best lead his program of young engineers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Carol Parish Increasing and diversifying a workforce skilled to fill these data-driven jobs can be achieved through highly mentored, intentional involvement in innovative, publishable research projects. UR is a research-intensive, predominately undergraduate, predominately white institution.

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash. Why Start With Think-Pair-Share?

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 12, 2023

Keywords: Student Research, Experiential Learning, High-Impact Practice Introduction We adapted and implemented high-impact practices (HIPs) to engage undergraduate and graduate students in faculty research based on the principles of adult learning theory (Knowles, 1990) and cognitive learning theory (Sincero, 2011).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By participating in this internship, students will enhance their research skills, gain pre-professional experience and expand their network of CSUSB students, staff and faculty,” says Morales. Six years ago, the university transitioned from a quarter to a semester system, significantly streamlining the path to degree completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., You are capable of more than you can imagine.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. Broadening Black males’ participation in science and engineering extends our country’s ability to solve our — and the world’s — grand challenges. Dr. Brian A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The funding of two projects – one addressing postdoctoral researchers preparing for engineering/STEM education careers and one supporting youngsters - will build upon the community partnership between UH and Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, says university officials. Henderson, an assistant professor in the William A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

However, he was curious about some aspects of science and engineering, so he decided he’d try community college. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Central Florida. So, you get to do research at the same time as mentoring. Fast forward to 2023. Childs is an award-winning Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

Dartmouth College has launched the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life (IBICL), a research center focused on the study of the Black diaspora. She describes it as the 'little engine that will,' and the result of that work is something she is proud of. Culture and research are at the center of the institute.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Jones proudly notes that NJIT is the only polytechnic institution in New Jersey to have both Research 1 and HSI status. Whether it’s engineering, computing, business management or architecture, there are ways in which to build a DEI agenda in each of those particular disciplines.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Lidadi Agbomi Lidadi Agbomi is beginning her doctoral program in bioengineering at Clemson University in August, but already has a CV filled with published research and presentations. Agbomi has worked closely with mentors there to investigate and research self-organizing neural units to model ischemic stroke and other neuropathology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Latinos are key when it comes the nation’s engineering and technology workforce, according to a new joint report from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC). anticipates a coming shortage of workers in engineering and tech – there are projected to be 10.9 are immense.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Unlike the gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields that have catalyzed highly visible and widespread efforts to increase gender parity, the vast underrepresentation of women in economics has received relatively little attention. The field of economics has a problem with women. one that has earned the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Peter Mohler, executive vice president for research, innovation, and knowledge at Ohio State. “I I am pleased to see these creative thinkers receive well-deserved recognition for their research and service from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

We’re going to produce — and it’s happening now — graduates in critical areas at the research level, at the workforce level, in ways that are meeting critical needs particularly of talent,” says Dr. Tonya L. At present, none of the nation’s 101 HBCUs has Research 1 status, which refers to doctoral universities with high research activity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased. It becomes biased.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Carver Professor of Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering. Her research has also included co-curricular STEM education and its role in undergraduate identity formation. in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan; a B.S. in management engineering from Claremont McKenna College.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The report also contends that higher education is an “engine” for economic mobility as one’s median annual earnings increase with levels of education. To fulfill higher ed’s potential as an engine of democracy, the coalition has issued a new framework for college civic learning and engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

I look forward to working this year with the faculty, staff, students, and alumni as we lead the nation in our teaching, research, and land-grant and clinical activities,” said Fuchs, who starts in the role Aug. He returned this year to teach electrical engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

in Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; PhD. University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. I didnt have a car of course.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Educational research demonstrates the impact of engagement, both social and academic, on student outcomes like persistence (Deil-Amen, 2011; Karp et al., LAs can increase their own content knowledge and intellectual competence (Gomez Johnson et al., 2021; Close et al., 2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The grant – from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – is a first-of-its-kind awarded to a historically Black college or university (HBCU) through the NSF Decision, Risk and Management Sciences , Office of Integrative Activities , and HBCU Excellence in Research (EiR) integrated programs, for this type of research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Operations Research Education: B.S., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University; M.S., Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology Mentors: Dr. Alan Erera and Dr. Alejandro Toriello, H. Banerjee excels at both teaching and research, according to Dr. Damon P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Cybele Raver and to School of Engineering Dean Dr. Krishnendu “Krish” Roy. To continue to carry out our mission, prepare all our students for their careers and advance research across the university, Vanderbilt must contribute even more to the study, understanding and innovative application of these fast-changing disciplines,” said Diermeier.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

Before that, he was assistant research professor, chief diversity officer for the Applied Research Laboratory, and director of the multicultural engineering program in the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. As part of the role, he will serve on the school’s Management Committee.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Gerogiorgis, Personal Chair of Process Systems Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, explores the dynamic integration of active learning seminars in engineering education. Drawing on his extensive academic and research experience, Prof. Credit: Pixabay In this insightful post, Prof. Dimitrios I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, SACNAS remains rooted in a belief that science cannot be properly taught, researched, or applied to human beings’ daily existence unless scientists bring some essential parts of their background and worldview to that sphere. It was empowering,” he said. SACNAS filled that hole.

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University Business

JANUARY 21, 2025

While implementing cutting-edge academic programs may excite institutions interested in gaining a leg-up over the competition, leaders must also be mindful about optics, says Elaine Rowles, associate vice president of research at GrayDI. “Social media is ubiquitous and increasingly important part of our everyday lives. . reached $4.9

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