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Sophomores converged on West Virginia University Institute of Technology college campuses for the 31st annual Health Sciences & Technology Academy camp, designed to prepare them for careers in tech and other fields. -
Artificial intelligence places whole term papers and complex mathematical solutions within the grasp of today’s students. Rather than simply banning it, educators must train themselves and provide what it cannot.
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Citing redundancies in the federal government, the Trump administration's new workforce development partnership shifts oversight of adult education and career training programs to the Department of Labor.
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The Dallas Morning News editorial board commends North Texas colleges and universities for earning designations as Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, given the urgency across industries for cybersecurity.
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Along with new marketing materials and other updates for its 50th anniversary, the Minnesota institution has asked the state for $4.3 million to turn its old cafeteria into a regional cybersecurity training facility.
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The nonprofit Institute for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences has submitted a 20-year plan to convert the former B&M Baked Beans factory into a high-tech graduate school and research center.
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Returning after a one-year hiatus, a summit on climate change at the University of Colorado Boulder covered renewable energies, electrical grids, cultural changes and legal imperatives to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
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The money will go toward faculty training, curriculum content, hands-on labs, digital badges and software to train and diversify a workforce for in-demand jobs in the growing technology industry.
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The Esport Company and Greater Johnstown Community YMCA are putting together a conference called TEC — technology, education, community — with gaming tournaments for high school and college students.
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Donations from a nonprofit, the county, the city and its downtown development authority will go toward hiring new faculty with technology backgrounds and the launch of a web portal summarizing the college's tech efforts.
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Hosted by the State University of New York in Oneonta, seven panelists spoke about the importance of manufacturing for creating employment, and the importance of training and recruiting employees for the industry.
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The nonprofit's latest initiative is an introduction to computers workshop for senior citizens that aims to tackle the digital divide and teach technology skills and practices for navigating a digital-first job market.
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Researchers at the university will launch a rocket loaded with instruments from NASA, Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire, University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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The New York University engineering school's new training program seeks to upskill IT professionals for new cybersecurity challenges and trends, as workplaces become more reliant on remote work.
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The U.S. Department of Education has updated its online transparency tool for prospective college students and families with more fine-grained data on potential costs, graduation rates, earnings and other metrics.
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Researchers at the University of Missouri will use $12 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to research classroom applications for speech recognition tools and game-based learning.
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The inaugural year of the mentorship program, organized by Bowdoin College CIO Michael Cato, will prepare women and people of color in higher education IT for senior leadership positions in the field.
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Classes are proceeding as scheduled, but the Washington institution's local servers, website and campus WiFi are down, and officials are unsure whether confidential personal data was compromised.
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The partnership will prepare Revature employees for work as software engineers by giving them paid training and a chance to finish their degrees through online courses through the University of Arizona Global Campus.
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In a Q&A with The Advocate, the director of UL at Lafayette’s Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center discusses a new program to train engineers and technicians for work in the solar industry.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth area has a bevy of options for local senior citizens to take computer classes at senior centers, libraries, community colleges, assisted living facilities and other organizations.
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