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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D. Sloan Foundation.

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Ten U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D. Sloan Foundation.

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HBCUs: Catalysts for Economic Empowerment and Community Growth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2024

For over 150 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have not only been sites of academic excellence but also powerful economic engines in their local and regional communities, leaving a lasting mark on the nation's landscape. Dr. Levon T.

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. population, Moore added. Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Carnegie Mellon Launches $150M STEM Diversity Initiative

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Increases were largest in fields of study with large shares of international graduate students, including engineering (123.9%), mathematics and computer sciences (193.1%), and physical and earth sciences (81.1%). The increase in international first-time enrollment was across all fields of study.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

As the Chicago-based college aims to expand its graduate education and deepen its impact globally on creating equity-minded leaders, no better person came to bind for the Board of Trustees. Her wealth of professional experience was her 26 years working as an engineer and senior executive at a medical device company.

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Congrats to the Prize Winners from the 2023 Spring Study and Go Abroad Fairs!

Study and Go Abroad

MARCH 14, 2023

Aaron is an engineering student at the University of Victoria — he joined us in Vancouver for the first leg of the fair. Sania is a sciences graduate from the University of Waterloo , who explored her options for post-graduate education at our Toronto fair on March 5 ! Spring Madness contest winner: Aaron E.

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The 50 most in-demand skills for graduates of your master’s programs

EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Software development” and “software engineering” appeared among the top 50 in-demand skills. Other related skills, including “automation,” “Python (programming language),” and “R (programming language),” appeared among the top 10 most increasingly demanded skills.

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What a Tech Company’s Big Shift Portends for the Future of the Master’s Degree

Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 23, 2019

While master’s degrees still retain their primacy in “the big four” fields of health sciences, engineering, business, and education, Hickman says that in many other fields, and even corners of those four, students seem more interested in shorter-format programs. Some of this is grounded in EAB research.

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Increase Graduate School Enrollment through Strategic Enrollment Management: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 191 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Justin Grimes

The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

Drumm McNaughton Strategic enrollment management (SEM) as a solution for growing graduate school enrollment in declining markets (e.g., The higher education landscape faces a troubling decrease in graduate school enrollment, markedly among minority groups and engineering programs. decrease in graduate enrollments.

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Can the English Major Be Saved?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 29, 2023

English was once the discipline that thought most intensely and penetratingly about how to effectively communicate complicated ideas and technical information and needs to reassert that role and not fob off that responsibility onto poorly paid adjuncts or graduate students. Addressing the ongoing crisis of graduate education.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

One, honoring and strengthening the university’s role as an engine of opportunity and a national leader in economic mobility. Two, pursuing growth through reimagining education to serve learners anywhere at all stages of life. I grew up in India as a mechanical engineer by profession. Thank God, Drumm. Elevate Your Future.

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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

Congrats to the Prize Winners from the 2023 Spring Study and Go Abroad Fairs!

The 50 most in-demand skills for graduates of your master’s programs

What a Tech Company’s Big Shift Portends for the Future of the Master’s Degree

Increase Graduate School Enrollment through Strategic Enrollment Management: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 191 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Justin Grimes

Can the English Major Be Saved?

ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

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