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The cost of private colleges is high, yet many low-income students still choose them

University Business

Smaller class sizes, grassy knolls, campus idyllfor low-income college students chasing that storied experience at Californias private nonprofit colleges, the expense is high: sometimes $30,000 or more in the first year alone after all grants and scholarships are considered. Read more at CalMatters.

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International students boost Canadian economy by $31bn

The PIE News

It is estimated that international students spent roughly $37.3bn on “tuition, accommodation, and discretionary items”, the update said – even when accounting for Canadian scholarships and bursaries.

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Committing and Recommitting to Open

ACRLog

This semester I’ve had a few opportunities to think and talk through my librarian and pre-librarian work, and especially my commitment to open scholarship and teaching. Funnily enough, I wrote about open access publishing in my very first post on ACRLog back in 2008.

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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Four years ago, I wrote a column about sending my son off to college and my fears for him as a young Black man finding his way as a student and citizen. Today, I’m the proud mom of a college graduate. In Texas, a ban on DEI initiatives and offices at publicly funded universities and colleges took effect Jan.

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Emory Replaced Loans with Grants for Over 1,500 More Students Last Fall, University Announces

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An additional 1,600-1,700 students at Emory University received grants and scholarships instead of loans in their financial aid packages this fall, the Atlanta-based institution announced recently, more than doubling the number of undergraduates expected to finish school with limited or no debt. It makes the decision process much easier.”

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Teaching Leadership Styles through Superheroes: A Creative Business Assignment

Faculty Focus

In my college-level Fundamentals of Business course, I’ve found success using unconventional but effective instructional strategies to teach leadership styles: superheroes. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2 (2), 1-20. For example, it is common to build an avatar when playing video games.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly,” Jan. 16, 2003) 5. Remembering and rendering lives.