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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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How Lumina’s 2040 Vision Can Help Restore Public Confidence in Higher Education: Creating Pathways to Rebuild America's Trust in Colleges and Universities

The Change Leader, Inc.

In 2008, the foundation established a landmark national target: by 2025, 60 percent of working-age adults (ages 25-64) would hold a college degree or high-quality credential. Importantly, Lumina focused on scalable, systems-level changes rather than one-time interventions, such as scholarships. At the time, the U.S.

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Exposing Duchateau's Plagiarism: A Shocking Case of Academic Misconduct at Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Emmanuel Legeard)

Higher Education Inquirer

European Journal of Applied Physiologys predatory publishing Predatory publishing, also write-only publishing or deceptive publishing, is an exploitative academic publishing business model, where the journal or publisher prioritizes self-interest at the expense of scholarship. The misrepresentation has not gone unnoticed.

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Canada needs “ambitious research agenda”, scientists urge

The PIE News

. “The health of the research and innovation ecosystem depends therefore on a renewal of the core funding of the federal granting councils, alongside competitive funding through graduate level scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships,” the letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland reads.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

1—–a move that includes closing a popular multicultural center and ending a scholarship program for undocumented students at the University of Texas at Austin. Since joining Lumina in 2008, she has served as a strategy officer, director of equity and inclusion, and director of impact and research.

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