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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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The private university will host the annual Kentucky Cybersecurity and Forensics Conference this November, at which attendees will be able to network and hear strategies to protect their Internet and communications.
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Noting the efforts of health care workers during COVID-19, a private research university in New York is cutting online tuition in half for the College of Professional Studies for employees of local health care systems.
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Working with Iowa Central Community College and Alquist 3D, Iowa State University's College of Design will put $2.15 million in grant money toward 3D-printing houses for the small town of Hamburg.
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The U.S. Department of Energy is funding research at 54 universities and 11 National Laboratories focusing on technologies to cut carbon emissions amid the ongoing fight against climate change.
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A new private-public partnership will pilot cloud computing courses at high schools in hopes of building a workforce talent pipeline through higher education and certifying 150 people by 2025.
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Part of a $9.6 million federal grant will go to the private Catholic university in North Dakota to benefit online cybersecurity training, as well as employer-readiness training through the Workforce Development office.
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Through student-faculty discussions about how synchronous online courses should look, among other avenues, educators at Minerva University hope to use the science of learning to improve virtual learning.
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A new bill co-authored by U.S. Rep. Jim Costa would provide up to $50 million in grants to regional universities to do things like expand local Internet service and create job training and apprenticeship programs.
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An initiative in Connecticut aims to expand programs at colleges across the state in emerging and in-demand fields such as cybersecurity, virtual modeling, software development and digital analytics.
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With an abrupt move to online learning now in the rearview, schools have to make it work in the long run with training for both teachers and students, infrastructure investments, innovative new tools and a funding plan.
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As part of a certificate program by the nonprofit Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System (PISCES), university students have been monitoring Liberty Lake's networks for suspicious activity.
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A new $4.4 million initiative by the City University of New York is hiring staff to contact dropouts who didn't finish their degrees and help them through logistical, academic and financial hurdles of reregistering.
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An $800,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will allow the university to exponentially increase outreach to young people about on-campus enrichment programs related to science, technology, engineering, art and math.
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The private for-profit university will soon place more focus on IT-related training and certifications for women and students of color through a partnership with CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech.
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The University of Connecticut's Hartford and Stamford campuses will offer an in-person master's degree and a new graduate certificate in financial technology this fall, noting growing corporate demand.
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Working with the nonprofit Constructive Dialogue Institute, universities are offering online resources to help faculty approach sensitive political topics in class without increasing conflict.
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Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington hosted a press conference this week about the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which will help fund technological research and science, technology, engineering and math education.
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In collaboration with the workforce training company Upright Education, the private college's new CERTIFi program will coach students in software development and user experience/user interface (UX/UI) design.
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