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Those stepping up to fill education’s new C-suite role say it's more than just understanding IT — it requires communication and skill-building across disciplines and comfort levels, and flexibility to create a road map. -
University System of Maryland students will have free access to Google Career Certificates in cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design.
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In response to industry demands, Minnesota State University will offer a bachelor's degree in robotics engineering and a master's degree in artificial intelligence this fall, expecting about 25 students in each.
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The state’s university plans to build a $300 million innovation center that would provide master's level instruction and certificate education in technology-related fields for current and future businesses in the region.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a five-year, $3 million National Science Foundation grant to conduct research and training to shape, guide and lead the transition to a robot-assisted workplace.
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A coding course called The Last Mile started small in a California prison before evolving into a 17-prison undertaking. Now, inmates nearing the end of their terms are learning skills they can use in the workforce.
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First-year research immersion is an academic model that is part of an emerging trend meant to provide college undergraduates with meaningful research experience.
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Starting this fall, cybersecurity courses will be mandatory for all freshmen studying computer science. By next year, the university expects 100 students to be enrolled in the courses each semester.
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Despite a soaring number of scooter-related injuries to students in the last 10 months, the Indiana University student government is against a ban, citing benefits, such as mobility, accessibility and affordability.
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Iowa could become a world leader in addressing K-12 and higher education challenges, according to a state-commissioned report, which pointed out that ed tech is poised to grow into a $110.9 billion global market by 2022.
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A newly minted Oregon nonprofit is partnering with a California-based education and research network to better connect universities. The new deal will also help deliver public services, officials say.
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SponsoredWorking with industry, leading education organizations can further opportunities for students.
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Researchers at the University of Arizona are taking inspiration from the immune system and trying to apply that to network-connected devices. They hope machine-learning will teach computers to recognize cyberthreats faster.
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Everything about Calbright, the state’s 115th community college, is different, from the lingo – it enrolls “learners” not students – to what it teaches: medical coding, information technology and cybersecurity.
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The University of North Florida will use funds from the National Science Foundation to prepare 30 high school educators through professional development and coursework leading to state certification in computer science.
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Ohio Northern University has recently opened a 105,000-square-foot, $30 million facility, which is designed to promote collaboration and small class size, reflecting the university’s new approach to the way it teaches engineering.
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Davenport University will use the grant from the National Science Foundation to provide 28 students with scholarships that cover their full-tuition, any education-related fees and living costs.
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The college will be the new home of a National Science Foundation-funded center to study the implementation of advance wireless infrastructure and drones. The center will receive funding from NSF and an industry consortium.
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A group of researchers at the University of Connecticut Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) are investigating technology that will enable poll workers to check- in voters electronically.
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SponsoredBroadband provides students in rural and underserved urban schools access to online resources that can help them better prepare for the workforce.
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The new Apple Hearing Study will be available soon for users to participate in through a forthcoming Apple app, called the research app, which will be available for download by the end of 2019.
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