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The Peer-Review Crisis
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The Peer-Review Crisis

The peer-review system, which relies on unpaid volunteers, has long been stressed. COVID-19 is making it worse — a lot worse. Possible solutions include paying...

UNLV President Turns Himself Into an AI
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UNLV President Turns Himself Into an AI

Keith Whitfield, president of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, is available to chat with all 31,000 students at any hour of the day or night — as long as...

STEM Indicators Show the State of Tech
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STEM Indicators Show the State of Tech

The number of science and engineering degrees awarded in the U.S. increased at all levels from 2000 to 2019 and as shares of total degrees, according to a new set...

Scholars Debate How to Improve Open Access
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Scholars Debate How to Improve Open Access

While open-access science has made research available worldwide, some scholars worry that misinformation, fraud, and politicization have become rampant in a system...

Female Role Models Shape Ph.D. Students' Attitudes on Academic Success
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Female Role Models Shape Ph.D. Students' Attitudes on Academic Success

A new study examines how students' exposure to female academic role models shapes students' attitudes toward their own academic success.

Defining a Culture of Excellence in Research
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Defining a Culture of Excellence in Research

Principal investigators and other leaders play a key role in encouraging group dynamics that make people feel respected and included — or not.

The Death and Life of an Admissions Algorithm
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The Death and Life of an Admissions Algorithm

The University of Texas at Austin has stopped using a machine-learning system to evaluate applicants for its Ph.D. program in computer science.

How Professors Adapted to the Shift to Remote Learning
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How Professors Adapted to the Shift to Remote Learning

Most professors used new teaching methods in this spring's massive shift to virtual courses, a new survey found. Half lowered expectations for the volume of student...

Where Computer Science Ph.D.s Get Hired Matters More Than Where They Trained
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Where Computer Science Ph.D.s Get Hired Matters More Than Where They Trained

A new study of computer scientists says that when it comes to research output, where Ph.D.s get hired matters more than where they trained.

Furor on Claim Women's Choices Create Gender Gap in Comp Sci
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Furor on Claim Women's Choices Create Gender Gap in Comp Sci

Lecturer at University of Washington says he's standing up to political correctness. Many challenge his facts.

Georgia Tech Launches Second Low-Cost Online Master's Degree Program
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Georgia Tech Launches Second Low-Cost Online Master's Degree Program

Three years after its low-cost MOOC-inspired master’s degree program in computer science launched, the institute announces a new program in analytics priced at...

The STEM Enrollment Boom
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The STEM Enrollment Boom

Undergraduates at four-year institutions have become much more likely to study science and technology fields, according to a study by researchers at the University...

Confirming the Mooc Myth
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Confirming the Mooc Myth

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are neither transforming education nor yielding large profits, but more time is needed to experiment with various applications...

Study Tracks Attrition Rates For STEM Majors
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Study Tracks Attrition Rates For STEM Majors

About 50 percent of bachelor's degree candidates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) exit the field without completing a college degree, according...

Strategy for Women in STEM
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Strategy for Women in STEM

Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields might benefit from a project-based curriculum, based on evidence from Worcester Polytechnic...

Masculine Open Online Courses
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Masculine Open Online Courses

Men appear to outnumber women by a significant margin as teachers of massive open online courses (MOOCs), although the gap might be closing.

Twice As Many Moocs
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Twice As Many Moocs

Coursera and edX both recently announced they are doubling the number of universities offering classes through their open online education sites.  

STEM Pathways
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STEM Pathways

Many universities are reaching out to community colleges to set up programs that encourage science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Critical Mass
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Critical Mass

Clemson University employs six African-American tenure-track or tenured computer science professors, which comprises 10 percent of the total number of black computer...

Bringing Them Back
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Bringing Them Back

The University of Washington's recent On-Ramps into Academia workshop aimed to encourage and coach talented and accomplished women in science and engineering to...
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