A new fellowship seeking to improve diversity in the highest ranks of higher education IT announced its inaugural class last week. The Next Leaders Fellowship pays for its members to go to multiple higher ed IT conferences and take a mid-year professional development experience. The goal is for fellows to form connections that will serve them throughout the rest of their careers, Bowdoin College Chief Information Officer Michael Cato told EdScoop. Emily Bamforth has more on EdScoop.

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New Wyoming CIO to prioritize cybersecurity, modernization

On the Priorities Podcast: Wyoming's new CIO Bill Vajda outlines his approach, Auth0’s Salman Ladha explains the identity challenges in government right now. Listen to the podcast here.

VA CIO says department must hold tech contractors 'to a standard'

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Defense Department to fund community college STEM consortiums

The Department of Defense wants to establish five consortiums led by community colleges that would prioritize STEM education and feed into the DOD talent pipeline. Emily has the details for EdScoop.

Arizona State students to pitch how 5G, edge computing can boost digital equity

The "Digital Equity Jam" is asking students to apply new technologies to issues such as public health, climate change and education. EdScoop has the story.

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