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The state of Kentucky granted the University of Louisville $10 million for the construction of a new cybersecurity center, which will include a cyber range and a secure space for sensitive information. -
With future workforce skills increasingly uncertain and Silicon Valley's own entrepreneurs sending their kids to schools with no screens, perhaps Taoism has something to teach about cultivating a life of the mind today.
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A lab at the University of Idaho will use a Department of Defense grant to develop machine learning models that might be able to analyze biometric data from military members and assess risk of PTSD.
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The bulk of money is going to build out spaces at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, including robotics-related research and teaching spaces and to upgrade Nebraska Innovation Studio's robotics makerspace.
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Experts in student privacy, with years of experience in the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Education, say that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is long overdue for a regulatory update.
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With minority groups largely underrepresented in STEM fields, the University of Texas at Arlington aims to encourage more interest in subjects such as math and physics among those students.
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The new Future Finder Challenge aims to spur the development of new digital tools designed to help adult learners navigate new career paths as workplaces digitize and job requirements change.
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As the U.S. confronts a tremendous skills gap and pushes back against workforce shortages, STEM education and building specialized skills training need to become even more widespread.
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The university’s cybersecurity program has seen considerable growth since it started in 2007. Some 400 students are now enrolled and pursuing a career in a field that has had trouble attracting enough talent.
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With students turning to accelerated training as an alternative to traditional IT and information security degree programs, experts say the question of boot camps versus college depends largely on students' goals.
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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and edX report revealed that, from a global group of about 1,400 students and educators, the ability to use tools that work around their lives is most important.
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When the pandemic was brewing in Asia in early 2020, Lauren Gardner, a civil engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a graduate student saw the chance to mine the data and map an outbreak from the start.
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Drawing from ed-tech leaders’ insights, a Georgia State University report said ed-tech tools should be developed and viewed largely as a means to bolster traditional instructional methods rather than replacing them.
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The federal Office of Educational Technology during today's National Digital Equity Summit launched its Advancing Digital Equity for All resource, which provides a platform for recommendations to establish equity plans.
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The higher ed system will use nearly $4 million to boost workforce development to prepare workers for jobs relating to clean energy technology, such as offshore wind and electric car development.
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Albany State University is partnering with IBM to create the Cybersecurity Leadership Center where students will have access to the company's software, immersive training courses and certifications.
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The partnership will open the door for about 3,000 students from over 50 schools in the city to apprenticeship opportunities for some of the city’s leading employers in the finance, technology and business ops fields.
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The recently announced funds will be used to expand cybersecurity and IT education programs across the state to help grow the state's high-tech workforce. The money is part of a larger $30 million workforce training push.
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The construction of the new facility, a 90,000-square-foot building, was prompted by the growth in the computer and information sciences program at the University of Massachusetts over the last few years.
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The Clatsop Community College board voted unanimously on Tuesday during an emergency meeting to authorize the college to obtain $3 million in financing for new enterprise resource planning software.
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The lab, launched with the support of the Filecoin Foundation, will host courses and lectures aimed at expanding students’ understanding of Web3 and blockchain technologies, decentralized storage and cryptocurrencies.
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