White House Memo on STEM Ed Followed Up by Corporate Commitments
Finally, something the current White House and its previous residents can agree on: the need to invest in STEM education. President Trump this week issued a memo to Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, encouraging her to divert $200 million from her agency's annual budget to grant programs that support "high-quality science, technology, engineering and math education."
MoreStudy: Positive First-Year Orientation Impacts Overall Student Experience
In a recent survey of nearly 25,000 college students, those who had a positive experience with their first-year orientation for 17 percent more likely to report a positive student life experience. Conversely, students with a poor orientation experience were 71 percent more likely to report grades of C or lower.
MoreCornell Workshop Series Aims to Help Profs Communicate Research via Transmedia
The series, "Knowledge Matters: Communicating Research for Different Audiences through Transmedia," will allow participants to create and showcase their blogs, vlogs, comics, websites or other outlets in an effort to reach a variety of audiences with a focus on transmedia.
MoreDelaware Tech CC Lands $1 Million to Develop Gene Editing Curriculum
Community college students in Delaware will soon have the opportunity to learn about gene editing thanks to a $1 million advanced technological education grant from the National Science Foundation.
MoreSurvey: Faculty Getting More Confident in Tech Skills, but Students' Skills Are Slipping
Eight-four percent of faculty in our 2017 Teaching with Technology Survey believe their tech skills are more than adequate for the job, but only 34 percent said their students' skills are "excellent" or "above average."
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