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Completion Rates Among Minority Ph.d. Students in STEM Fields To Be Examined
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Completion Rates Among Minority Ph.d. Students in STEM Fields To Be Examined

Florida State and 20 other universities will be examining lower doctoral completion rates among American Indian, Hispanic and black students in the science, technology...

The Biggest Obstacle to Embracing Big Data? You
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The Biggest Obstacle to Embracing Big Data? You

The technological hurdles to embracing big data are well-known at this point—McKinsey & Co. predicted a shortage of nearly 200,000 skilled data analysts by 2018—but...

Nsf Leads Federal Efforts In Big Data
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Nsf Leads Federal Efforts In Big Data

At a White House event, National Science Foundation Director Subra Suresh outlined efforts to support the fundamental science and underlying infrastructure to...

A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet
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A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet

The market for online classes in programming, Web construction, and application development is booming.  

Digital Skills Shortage Leaves Eu Youth a Step Behind
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Digital Skills Shortage Leaves Eu Youth a Step Behind

The European Commission estimates that the information technology and digital skills shortage could reach 700,000 workers by 2015.  

Rutgers Teams With IBM on Supercomputer Center
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Rutgers Teams With IBM on Supercomputer Center

Rutgers has launched a high-performance computing center focused on the application of "big data" analytics in life sciences, finance, and other industries aimed...

The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever
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The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever

Stanford doesn't want me. I can say that because it's a documented fact: I was once denied admission in writing.

Minority Women Still Most Underrepresented in Science Despite Progress
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Minority Women Still Most Underrepresented in Science Despite Progress

Thirty-five years after a landmark report documented minority women as the most underrepresented individuals in science, engineering, medicine and dentistry, dramatic...

Rhythm and Music Help Math Students
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Rhythm and Music Help Math Students

Kids who learned fractions through a music-based curriculum outperformed peers in traditional math classes.

The Digital Economy: Yes, We're Failing You
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The Digital Economy: Yes, We're Failing You

Students in the European Union are not acquiring the computer skills which are now arguably as important as basic literacy and math, and the future of the global...

NASA GRAIL Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images
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NASA GRAIL Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images

One of two NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back the first student-requested pictures of the lunar surface from its onboard camera. Fourth grade students...

Community Colleges Should ­rge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says
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Community Colleges Should ­rge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says

An Institute for Women's Policy Research report calls on community colleges to encourage female students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering,...

Tech Firms Go Far and Wide For Space
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Tech Firms Go Far and Wide For Space

When Google Inc. bought a former freight warehouse in Manhattan in December 2010, the firm occupied about half a million of the total 2.9 million square feet of...

Startups Aim to Make Coding Fun
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Startups Aim to Make Coding Fun

For Jacob Arriola, a business development manager for a Spanish media company in Los Angeles, learning to program wasn't a necessity. But figuring it might help...

American Students Don't Want To Go Into Tech Because Of Their Colleges
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American Students Don't Want To Go Into Tech Because Of Their Colleges

Technology is one of the few sectors that isn't suffering from unemployment, yet there isn't enough talent to fill positions, and it's because colleges are doing...

Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors
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Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors

Roxanne Hughes' recently completed doctoral dissertation identifies a variety of factors that influence female undergraduates as they make a decision about their...

Student-Designed Robots Take on March Madness
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Student-Designed Robots Take on March Madness

Sixty-six national and international high school teams will take their robots to the courts this weekend to compete in the 21st season of the Los Angeles regional...

­spto and Autm Announce Joint Patent Examiners Training Initiative
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­spto and Autm Announce Joint Patent Examiners Training Initiative

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Association of University Technology Managers, a nonprofit organization, have launched a specialized training program...

Tech Industry Climbs Out of Silicon Valley, Moves Abroad
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Tech Industry Climbs Out of Silicon Valley, Moves Abroad

Washington, D.C., has replaced Silicon Valley as the locus for technology jobs as non-tech industries continue to add tech professionals, according to Dice.com....

How America's Wealthiest Get Rich
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How America's Wealthiest Get Rich

If you follow our World’s Billionaires list, you know there's no single way to get the job done–you can get rich on energy drinks or yoga pants just as well as...
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