Higher Education

Purdue University Global recently announced the program, which will be free for employees of the military contractor ManTech, as part of ongoing efforts to train students for IT work in government agencies.

The grants will help Springfield Technical Community College in Massachusetts to create a new first-year course and address issues with transportation, student support and child care for Hispanic and low-income students.

The Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce will provide free or discounted training for careers in information technology, the green economy, health care and manufacturing, among others.

Community colleges in Las Vegas and Tucumcari have signaled their interest in joining five others in the state to create an online database for sharing student and staff records and integrating administrative systems.

The university has enlisted the help of Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics, owned by the UK-based Aon, to identify the source of racist emails and online messages sent to Black student groups since late August.

The University of California system could potentially add 20,000 seats and new programming for incoming students by 2030. The changes come amid surging enrollment demand as schools slowly return to business as usual.

Cal State Bakersfield has won a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help expand access to STEM-related fields through internships, community outreach, research and local partnerships.

Whatcom Community College in Washington state intends to use a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to double the amount of students in its cybersecurity program.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has added a new bachelor's program after popularity in the cybersecurity minor soared. The program intends to smooth out transitions for transfer students.

The University of Idaho's Women in Engineering Day last week is meant to introduce high school-aged girls to science, technology, engineering and math careers. The event also gives them a glimpse of on-campus life.

Last spring, Arizona State University began offering a course that teaches students the essentials of coding so that they can develop mobile apps that direct low-income and homeless populations to support services.

The $2 million donation to the university's Center for National Security Initiatives will go toward funding its aerospace and national defense research. The money was donated by The Anschutz Foundation.

Helena College made some major upgrades to its campus. The changes range from run-of-the-mill design updates to equipping classrooms with smart technology and adding a new esports gaming center.

Tech company SAP is promoting the use of virtual reality to help students gain the skills they need for the job market. The company offers a VR program designed to assist students from underserved communities.

The university is one of the latest schools in the country to deploy a fleet of semi-autonomous delivery robots called Kiwibots. The robots are available through an agreement between food-service provider Sodexo and Kiwibot

Undergraduate programs are springing up across the U.S. to meet the burgeoning demand for workers trained in big data. Yet many of the programs lack training in the ethical use of data science.

Despite a significant shortage of teachers and an ongoing pandemic, New Jersey is still training up future educators. Many have fulfilled their student teaching hours through virtual means.

With more than a year of online learning under their belts, colleges in Minnesota and nationwide are reimagining the menu of options they offer to students.