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Taiwan launches new scholarships in bid to keep international graduates

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Approximately $162 million will be invested in the plan, with eligible international students able to apply for government scholarships and living stipends from sponsoring companies. Yang said the new scholarships will mean students won’t face these issues. These should be sufficient to cover daily expenses.”

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. Mark Zupan has served as the 14th president of Alfred University since July 2016.

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Alaska College Scholarship Sees Low Acceptance Rate

Inside Higher Ed

And a state scholarship designed to change that is not working, The Anchorage Daily News reported. The Alaska Performance Scholarship was first established in 2011 to keep the best students in the state for college. There are three tiers to the scholarship, the highest of which is $4,755 per year. Hide by line?:

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NZ: 111 win Asia and Latin America scholarships

The PIE News

Over 100 New Zealanders have been awarded a scholarship for study in destinations across Latin America and Asia, it has been announced. The 111 students were awarded the Prime Minister’s Scholarship, which will see them travel to either Asia on the PMSA or Latin America on the PMSLA. ori community.

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Alaska College Scholarship Sees Low Acceptance Rate

Inside Higher Ed

And a state scholarship designed to change that is not working, The Anchorage Daily News reported. The Alaska Performance Scholarship was first established in 2011 to keep the best students in the state for college. There are three tiers to the scholarship, the highest of which is $4,755 per year.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. Before López’s current appointment, she served in a similar role as an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Houston. For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students.

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Howard University Rescinds Sean "Diddy" Combs Honorary Doctorate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university made the announcement on June 7, several weeks after Combs was seen on a 2016 hotel video assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura. "The Howard University said that it has rescinded the 2014 honorary degree given to rapper and hip-hop mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs.