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Gilman program ‘expands horizons’ – US students

The PIE News

“The Gilman Scholarship will benefit me by expanding my horizon globally and setting me out of my comfort zone,” said Diandre’ Richie, a University of North Carolina junior.  Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad through the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan and Helen Chu Karen Umemoto/UCLA Asian American Studies Center This pledge – the largest gift made to the institute since its founding in 1969 – came from Morgan and Helen Chu, two UCLA graduates who have historic ties to the university and the institute’s centers. from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard University.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Inside Higher Ed

Image: An enrollment surge at Tennessee State University combined with a lack of student housing led to a scathing comptroller’s report calling for a change in the historically Black university’s leadership. Lowe voted in favor of the one-year extension. million, from $5.2 million the previous year.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

. — remembers the joyful opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Office on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Five Things to Do During the Grumpy Time of the Semester

Faculty Focus

Saucier, PhD (2001, University of Vermont) is a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and professor of psychological sciences at Kansas State University. Renken is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University. Oxford University Press. sexual violence, trauma).

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Study Shows Declining State Aid in Massachusetts

Inside Higher Ed

The study, released Thursday, analyzed state Department of Higher Education data to examine how much state financial aid was available to Massachusetts students from 2001 to 2021.

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Making Memories on the First Day of Class

Faculty Focus

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. about the course, the university, the instructors as people) to nurture students in using their voices. Saucier, Ph.D. Renken, M.S. Renken, M.S.