This fall, students at 10 U.S. universities will attend metaversities, virtual reality (VR) platforms where educators and students wear VR headsets and interact...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2022
A new service for students flags inappropriate or offensive posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so would-be employers can see them in the best possible...Inside Higher Ed From ACM News | June 23, 2022
CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and IBM are collaborating on a project to teach students Mandarin in virtual environments.
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A new study found that while interest in computer science among both men and women has fluctuated over the last four decades, women were consistently underrepresented...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | April 22, 2015
The MOOC Research Initiative has released the results of 22 projects pertaining to massive open online courses. Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2014
There is growing interest in programs that allow students to double-major in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field and a foreign language...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2014
A new report recommends the federal government not interfere with massive open online course vendors and providers. Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | December 23, 2013
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has announced Next Generation Connecticut, a plan to dedicate $1.5 billion to improving the science, technology, engineering, and...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | February 4, 2013
A report written by former Tufts University president Lawrence S. Bacow and former Princeton University president William G. Bowen analyzes the state of online...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | May 2, 2012
A reverse brain drain is occurring in the U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields as U.S. immigration laws discourage foreign nationals who...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2011
Arizona State University researchers recently unveiled CareerWISE, a website designed to increase the retention of women pursuing degrees and careers in science...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2010
Rural community colleges (CCs) have recently done much better than urban and suburban CCs in the percentage increase of associate degrees awarded to women and minorities...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2010
A University of Southern California study found that although the number of Latinos earning bachelor's degrees has increased over the last decade, the growth has...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010
Black college instructors play a significant role in encouraging black science students to persist as science majors, according to a study by Cornell University...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | March 12, 2010
A recent University of California, Los Angeles survey found that more students are interested in majoring in science and technology fields, but those students are...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
Case Western Reserve University researchers are preparing to launch an 18-month project that will transform 104 homes in impoverished Cleveland neighborhoods into...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | November 25, 2009
A panel of researchers made a case for funding "high risk, high reward" research during a recent hearing of the U.S. House Science and Technology Subcommittee on...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2009
A new report from the U.S. Education Department delves into how young students fare when they pursue science and technology degrees in college. The report, "Students...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | July 31, 2009
A hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Research and Science Education concluded that while the scientific and engineering...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009