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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brooks met Naomi Hodge-Muse, co-author of Tales of Koehler Hollow , in 2012. Brooks takes pride in his profession, telling unheard stories and promoting the humanity and dignity of others’ lives. “If Tales of Koehler Hollow is a fascinating read which I highly recommend.”

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Are studies of great authors doomed as fewer students take English literature at university? | Rachel Cooke

The Guardian - Higher Education

Since 2012, the number of students reading it at university, as I once did, has fallen by more than a third; staff are being laid off, departments are closing, scholarship is missing in action. This stops me in my tracks. Surely everyone knows that English literature is dying.

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UK Border Force “grills” international students on academic course content

The PIE News

The PIE spoke with students, including a Chevening Scholar, who said he felt intimidated and embarrassed after an encounter with a Border Force official who asked him why he was given his scholarship. He said he was detained and questioned about his course and asked why he had been awarded a Chevening scholarship.

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Warning issued to Taiwan’s ministries over int’l student exploitation

The PIE News

According to the report, the students were promised scholarships to cover their university fees but these failed to materialise. The Control Yuan found that the ministry of foreign affairs had rejected 379 student visa applications since 2015 due to suspicions of human trafficking.

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Jacqie McWilliams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012. McLendon Scholarship Foundation Board. She was appointed to the John B.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fuentes, who is set to begin her senior year as a scholarship student at the University of California, Riverside, this fall, is majoring in education, society, and human development with a minor in political science. Then came 2012 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Priscila Fuentes is one of those students.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have excellent outcomes on that; we have great support from our legislature that provides a dual credit scholarship that removes financial barriers,” says Ellis. “We While total enrollment in KCTCS has declined since 2012, URM enrollment has increased. Sustaining success Retention rates have steadily increased.

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