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After transitioning from Fairfield University’s leader of enterprise systems to director of IT strategy and enterprise architecture for the state of Connecticut, Armstrong will return to higher-ed leadership in January. -
To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.
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A new online course aims to train instructors on how to incorporate a growth mindset into existing teaching practices, as it can positively impact student experience and outcomes.
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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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Nebraska Wesleyan University has developed an integrative data science major designed to connect its traditional liberal arts education with high-tech skills now in demand by employers.
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The University has opened a new tech-filled, emerging media arts center that was funded, in part, by the Johnny Carson Foundation, named after the late-night TV celebrity. The foundation donated $20 million.
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The Madison Area Technical College started construction of the campus in 2018, and will serve minority and other underrepresented students and provide programming that focuses on health care and information technology.
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The Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act, which was signed by President Trump, reduces the credit hour requirements to qualify for the $30,000 scholarship, which provides longer coverage needed for STEM degrees.
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Two Lakota High Schools in Butler County is the site for the cyber academies, which will have its course costs covered by the international IT corporation Belcan.
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The U.S. Department of Education has opened more than two dozen investigations into universities that offer female-only scholarships, awards, professional development workshops as well as STEM camps for school girls.
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Career Technical Education programs focus primarily on jobs that don’t require four-year degrees. While they’re often seen as a college alternative, they are increasingly viewed as a pathway for students to transfer from college.
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Since 2017, the state’s landmark college has reduced IT spending by $6 million, but it has initiated a consolidation program that has put the university’s IT security under centralized – and better – control.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded the grants to Rice University, University of Houston, and Texas Southern University to increase career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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