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NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade Gifts $3M for Literacy, Scholarships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marquette University alumnus and NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has committed to a $3 million gift to extend the Tragil Wade-Johnson Summer Reading Program and establish the Wade Scholars as well as support a new men’s basketball practice facility in a future expansion of the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center.

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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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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

Research offered by Monceaux (2015) also supports a simpler strategy by: 1) engaging students in active research, 2) scaffolding the student’s accurate review of articles for pertinent source material, and 3) integrating that material into the student’s work to hone research and analysis skills, bolster writer confidence, and avoid plagiarism.

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Northern Cyprus unis searching for int’l students

The PIE News

The university is also promising the possibility of scholarships to international students, noting that its degree programs are offered in English, priding itself of hosting no fewer than 20,000 international students. The post Northern Cyprus unis searching for int’l students appeared first on The PIE News.

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A Culturally Responsive Counselor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She also received a 2015 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association. Although she has reached such heights in her scholarship, she began her college journey with little information or direction about academia, in part because she lacked counseling in high school.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

Zweig passed away in April 2015 and left detailed instructions in her will for how Leshner should distribute money Zweig made from investing and the sale of her firm—to donate to a cause focused on students with physical disabilities. Temple plans to begin awarding the scholarships this coming fall.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Adele Newson-Horst was developing a grant proposal, she quoted a 2015 article published in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education that noted HBCU institutions had been slow to introduce gender-related programs. Students give critical thought to how cultures construct and police gender and sexuality and the consequences of that.