Report: Stark Gender, Racial Gaps Persist in Engineering, Computer Science
Very few female and minority students pursue engineering and computer science degrees at Texas universities, according to an eye-opening Society of Women Engineers (SWE) report that analyzed the...
View ArticleCybersecurity Expert Named President at Carnegie Mellon
PITTSBURGH – Carnegie Mellon University has named a cybersecurity expert as its new president. The Pittsburgh university of about 14,500 students has announced that Farnam Jahanian has been appointed...
View ArticleHBCUs and PBIs Usher in New Era of Cybersecurity
Security analyst, systems administrator or cybersecurity engineer are just a few names of the approximately 350,000 cybersecurity jobs that went unfilled last year. That number of job openings is...
View ArticleReport: Women and Minorities Continue to be Underrepresented in Computer Science
Though the field of computer science has seen strides in the increased number of people earning degrees and in job openings across the country in recent years, the field is still lacking diverse...
View ArticleElms College, STCC to Provide Students With Computer-Related Bachelor’s Degrees
The College of Our Lady of the Elms and Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) have signed an agreement to provide students interested in majors such as computer science, information technology...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland Summer Camp Strives to Diversify Computer Science
The number of jobs in computer science is expected to grow by 19 percent by 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but women graduate with only 18 percent of computer science...
View ArticleColleges Vie for Resources to Address STEM Disparities
In an era of scarce resources, colleges and universities are increasingly turning to big donors to fund efforts focused squarely on closing achievement gaps in science, technology, engineering and...
View ArticleUTEP Honored for High Retention, Graduation Rates Among Underrepresented...
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was recently recognized and given an award by the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT) for their commitment to retaining and...
View ArticleNYU Launches Dual Degree Program With Indian Institute of Technology
New York University’s engineering school and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur are embarking on an international partnership, offering a new dual doctoral degree program in computer and...
View ArticleHoward University Receives $4 Million Gift to Invest in Minority STEM...
Howard University received $4 million from the Hopper-Dean Foundation to fund the Bison STEM Scholars Program, a scholarship program designed to increase the number of minority students earning a Ph.D....
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