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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. With better representation come better life outcomes.

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PUC Appoints Nathan Tasker as Aviation Director

PUC

It was difficult to get supplies and medical care. A recent conversation with a mission pilot friend of mine alerted me to the desperate need for Christ-centered pilots in the field. I saw firsthand how a professional humanitarian airplane service on a schedule could transform an entire country. The airplane changed all that.

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Higher ed must maintain research integrity. Here is how

University Business

By studying safety culture across construction, mining, medical care and other industries, Strand has developed a series of recommendations for academics interested in human-error-proofing their research systems and workflow. ” More from UB: Will add later.

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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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The U.S. News exodus never happened. How did the top ranking service outlast naysayers?

University Business

Yale Law School’s decision to stop participating with the seminal college ranking service in November prompted a wave of other prestigious graduate programs to follow through; at least a dozen medical schools and 40+ law schools quit participating. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the Department of Education, called U.S.

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Burnout and Work-Work Balance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Overcoming mine meant medical leave and ultimately changing careers and institutions. ” It’s hard as a coach and facilitator not to want to fix the problem, to not offer explicit advice for how to get everything done or to change the workplace culture. Everyone’s experience with burnout is going to be different.

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Undergraduate Research

Hope College Network

However, I realized I no longer wanted to be in the medical industry. I had no idea if I wanted to remain in the STEM field, or if I wanted to follow another calling of mine. After my freshman year of school, I realized I had no idea what I wanted to do post graduation. When enrolling at Hope, I wanted to pursue medicine.