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NZ PM’s 2025 scholarship scheme offers 119 opportunities in Asia and LatAm

The PIE News

The New Zealand government has announced that 119 recipients have been awarded as part of the Prime Minister’s Scholarship scheme for 2025. The scholarship grants the opportunity to young New Zealand citizens to study and work across Asia and Latin America with financial aid from the government.

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two major donations bolster the initiative: an anonymous $1 million gift and a $500,000 matching gift from the Barbara Monroe Scholarship Fund. Since 2017, its Community Scholars Initiative has provided over $1.9 million in scholarships to 710 first-generation college students from underrepresented communities.

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Australia back but scholarship plans need review

The PIE News

Photo: Study Move The education data provider also noted that the role of scholarships is changing, with more Australian institutions offering scholarships or fee waivers during the pandemic. Currently, 33 universities in the country are offering scholarships internationally. It’s interesting to see where we are heading.”

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Career Talk: The Heart of Teaching

Today's Learner

Lacking financial means, I became a work-study student and received scholarships and loans to pay my tuition. In 2017, Essie was elected as President of the Texas Community College Teachers Association and received the Carol Dochen Developmental Educator of the Year Award. It was not easy, but I was determined to get my degree.

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Africa-China HE engagement: a one-way road?

LSE Higher Education Blog

The Chinese government has been providing an increasing number of scholarships to African students as incentives to study in China However, the implications of this stark difference between the low number of Chinese students in Africa compared to the high number of African students in China is worthy of further investigation and research.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education. Grounded in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it expands on prior work (e.g., Note: changed the date from 2016 to 2017 Pritts, N. Mitchell, T.

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Hello … Are you there? Or have you gone home for Christmas?

HEPI

Former Unite Foundation scholarship student, and host of the excellent This is Us Podcast, Paige Mackenzie, writes about her reflections on speaking with students on the podcast, and how they’ve said it can feel to be stuck at uni at a time when seemingly everyone is at home with their families. The blog will resume early in 2023.