Professors: New coding platform a must for higher-ed classrooms
A new coding platform has a mission to elevate the state of coding education in higher-ed classrooms around the world; and one way it's doing this is through…
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Technical college adds additive manufacturing certificate program
Stratasys Ltd., a global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, has teamed up with Dunwoody College of Technology as it incorporates additive manufacturing into its curriculum.…
Universities share best practices to retain STEM students
Developing new minds ready to take on careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) may be a national priority in the U.S., but if the current trends…
STEM MOOC model gets a next-gen “Strain” treatment
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, is teaming up video learning company Zaption to offer an innovative new MOOC teaching real-world science concepts based on a unique source…
6 ways to improve college math placement–and why it’s critical
States and colleges are being urged to revise their math placement policies in an effort to help more community college and four-year college students pursue and enter STEM…
Everything goes in first-of-its-kind science degree
In the wake of an influential 2011 McKinsey report showing that the U.S. may face a shortfall of 190,000 data scientists by 2018, several prominent universities—including Columbia, Stanford,…
OpenStax College collaborates to offer free online STEM text
Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College and the American Society for Microbiology Press are teaming up to produce Microbiology, a new introductory-level textbook due for release in spring 2016…
Elsevier introduces Knovel Quick Search for Autodesk AutoCAD
Elsevier, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has launched Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD. Available to customers at no cost, the search plugin…
University begins project to help blind students with math
Until he was 13, Logan Prickett did everything a normal child did. However, anaphylactic reaction to contrast dye in an MRI test left him blind and confined to…