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Tag: GRADUATE/POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
Revealing the values in mathematics education through a variety of cultural lenses
Mathematics educators, mathematicians, teachers, and students come together to discuss the values that are espoused and developed through mathematics education today in different cultures
Study: Idea sharing increases online learner engagement
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sharing ideas in an online learning environment has a distinct advantage over sharing personal details in driving learner engagement in massive open online courses, more commonly known as MOOCs, says new research co-written by a University of…
DGIST Ph.D. candidate receiving a degree from DGIST and Maastricht University
Gowoon Son, DGIST, to earn a Doctorate from Maastricht University
Program increases underrepresented groups in biomedical data science, quantitative biology
FUTURE-MINDS-QB, a bridge program streamlining a path from a master’s degree at Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, to a doctoral degree at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a T32 training grant from the National Institute of…
PSU to do internal deep dive to identify systemic inequalities among STEM faculty
The numbers don’t lie: Women and minorities have historically, and continue to be, underrepresented in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and it’s no different at Portland State. Beyond the numbers is a more complicated picture of…
Science on a shoestring
A life in the liberal arts from beginning to end
There’s a good reason online retailers are investing in physical stores
News from the Journal of Marketing
Portland places priority on geology
The Rose City hosts GSA Connects 2021
Academic medicine faculty perceptions of work-life balance before, since pandemic
What The Study Did: In this survey of 1,186 medical, graduate and health professional school faculty, more faculty considered leaving since the COVID-19 pandemic than before. Faculty with children, particularly female faculty with children, were more likely to consider leaving…
LSU Health New Orleans Nursing awarded $1.25M for mental health for underserved
New Orleans, LA – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing a $1.25 million grant over five years to improve access to mental and behavioral health care. The funding will increase…
Introducing play to higher education reduces stress and forms deeper connection material
Students fostered a more meaningful relationship with instructors when play was introduced
Research grants awarded to regional scientists studying the red sea’s coral reef
This unique reef is expected to be among the last to survive past mid-century
Institutional environments trap disabled geoscientists between a rock and a workplace
Inaccessible workplaces, normative departmental cultures and ‘ableist’ academic systems have all contributed to the continued underrepresentation and exclusion of disabled researchers in the Geosciences, according to an article published today (Thursday 8 June) in Nature Geosciences . The article argues…
Central Coast Tech Bridge, Innovation Accelerator Foundation to collaborate on technology solutions
The NavalX Central Coast (C2) Tech Bridge is partnering with Innovation Accelerator Foundation (IAF) to expand collaboration between the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and public sector innovation organizations to include small to medium-sized American enterprises and universities. The C2 Tech…
Adapting laboratory techniques for remote instruction
The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to adapt their courses for online learning. Laboratory courses were particularly difficult due to lack of access to specialized equipment for remote learners. To overcome this challenge, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign designed…
China continues its formidable rise as a scientific powerhouse
At the 43rd annual SSP conference, CACTUS, CAST, and China experts discussed new learnings, challenges, and new opportunities in STM journal publishing
Professor Rosemary Jagus recognized for efforts to increase diversity in marine sciences
BALTIMORE, MD (June 1, 2021)– University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President Peter Goodwin has awarded the annual President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science to Rosemary Jagus, a professor in molecular genetics at the Institute of Marine…
Baylor study uses candy-like models to make STEM accessible to visually impaired students
Baylor researchers, led by Bryan Shaw, found oral tactile visualization of complex 3D structures to be as accurate as eyesight
Planetary scientist receives NASA’s Early Career Award
Funding will support new field-portable lab, help train next-generation analog scientists
Engineering researcher receives $450K grant
Marianna Maiaru earns Air Force Young Investigator award
Palgrave announces release date for first-ever Iris Murdoch book series
New series on famed author’s life and work launches in September 2022
A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to be true is cited more
Papers that cannot be replicated are cited 153 times more because their findings are interesting, according to a new UC San Diego study
Scientists in Asia resumed work far quicker than western counterparts, international COVID lockdown
Research paints a picture of how material scientists were impacted internationally – doctoral students feared for their career. 33% of respondents shut down all equipment, 57% of respondents did not receive mental health support from their institutes.
Lehigh Engineering PhD students earn prestigious STEM research fellowships from NSF, DoD
Rossin College PhD students Mari-Therese Burton (materials science and engineering) and Nicole Malofsky (bioengineering) have been selected for prestigious national STEM research fellowships. Malofsky, who is advised by Lesley Chow , an assistant professor of bioengineering and materials science and…
$3.3M grant to fuel response to post-pandemic challenges
Universities, organizations to help manufacturers across Massachusetts
How international students make decisions about staying in Canada
While some international students come to Canada knowing whether they intend to stay or return home after completing their degrees, the majority decide after they have had a chance to live here for a few years, a new study has…
Ancient Australian Aboriginal memory tool superior to ‘memory palace’ learning
Study of medical studies reveals ancient aboriginal memory technique superior
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar discovered
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.
English as a medium of instruction in higher education across the globe
A new study provides a profile of teachers around the world who provide English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education, in which the English language is used to teach academic subjects (other than English itself) in countries where the first…
The online learning needs of students across different grades during the COVID-19 pandemic
A new study published in the British Journal of Educational Technology has identified the different needs of students across primary, middle, and high school related to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the study, investigators surveyed 1,170,769 Chinese students…
Powering Discovery: A new expert panel report from the CCA
Research funders face a delicate balancing act amid limited resources and multiplying priorities
Three ways to improve scholarly writing to get more citations
News from the Journal of Marketing
Business school research is broken – here’s how to fix it
News from the Journal of Marketing
Do senior faculty publish as much as their younger colleagues?
Evidence from Ph.D. granting institutions in the United States
Germany grants the Optics University Center and Campus at Leibniz University Hannover
German Science Council recommends an investment of 54.2 million Euro to build the research building OPTICUM
City, University of London joins forces with Engineers Without Borders UK
The strategic university partnership is aimed at embedding global and social responsibility into education and student experience.
AGS honors Dr. Helen Fernandez for outstanding contributions to geriatrics education
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH, a national geriatrics education leader focused on improving the care of older people, will be honored with the 2021 Dennis W. Jahnigen Award in recognition of her commitment…
NYU Tandon announces 2021 S&K scholarship recipients
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – As part of its ongoing commitment to addressing the need for developing cybersecurity experts now nearing 3.5 million worldwide , the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has awarded the 2021 S&K Scholarships…
Big data tells story of diversity, migration of math’s elite
Analysis of nearly 250,000 mathematicians gives a picture of the world of math
Researchers develop tool to simplify diagnoses for children facing medical complexities
UMass Lowell, Children’s Hospital effort aims to reduce hospitalizations
Elsevier launches a trans-inclusive name change policy
London, March 29, 2021 – Elsevier , a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is proud to launch a trans-inclusive policy for author name changes . This allows authors to retrospectively return to previously peer-reviewed articles of record…
Dominique Baker recognized for outstanding research in education policy
DALLAS (SMU) – SMU’s Dominique Baker received the 2021 Early Career Award from the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP). Baker is an assistant professor of education policy in SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development.…
Josephine Carstensen receives prestigious NSF Career Award
Award recognizes outstanding research and education from junior faculty
UNIST students honored with 2021 Asan Foundation Scholarship
Three UNIST graduate students have been awarded the prestigious 2021 Asan Foundation Medical Bioscience Scholarship, an annual award given to the nation’s top graduate students in medical bioscience. The Asan Foundation Medical Bioscience Scholarship is a new support program, established…
Curbing COVID-19 on campuses nationwide
First study documenting public university testing outlines strategy decreasing cases by 154%
The MIT Press launches MIT Open Publishing Services
New publishing model provides unique and timely solutions to the production, curation, and preservation of knowledge.
UNIST signs MoU with Ulsan Metropolitan City to promote digital new deal in Ulsan!
UNIST and Ulsan Metropolitan City have embarked on an effort to successfully promote the Digital New Deal in Ulsan region. On February 4, a ceremony to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNIST and Ulsan Metropolitan…
UTSA researcher studies key predictors for college retention
(MARCH 17, 2021) – The current outbreak of COVID-19 has raised many questions about the value of consideration of standardized testing through the admissions process. One of the many Coronavirus cancellations included a growing number of universities to waive SAT…
For college students with disabilities, communication is key in online learning
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic changed the higher education experience for students across the United States, with more than 90 percent of institutions reporting a shift in education delivery with the arrival of COVID-19. The rapid transition to remote study came…