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Australia back but scholarship plans need review

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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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College affordability advocates push for a ban on scholarship award displacement at all New Jersey universities

University Business

“I won a scholarship from the Taco Bell Foundation. And when I submitted the check to my university, they decreased my institutional scholarship by half, they increased my federal loans, and eliminated my work study,” Lewis said. “I Michele Johnson has advocated for a ban on scholarship displacement for nearly a decade.

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Faculty learning communities: Why they’re still a great idea

University Business

Instead of potentially “telling faculty that what they have been doing for the past five, 10,or even 30 years may not be the most effective approach—especially for today’s students” ( Brownwell & Tanner, 2017 ), participation in an FLC can be framed as an opportunity for focused work on pedagogy and recognition of that work.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Awarded $4.6 Million Grant Renewal to Bolster Cybersecurity Workforce Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Yuliang Zheng The Scholarship for Service grant renewal – from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – seeks to help fill the growing need for a national cybersecurity workforce prepared to deal with artificial intelligence and machine learning. million grant renewal to support cybersecurity workforce development programs.

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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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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.

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Benefits of staying on at university by Professor Wendy Thomson

HEPI

In their ten-year review , the Unite Foundation found that students who received a Unite Foundation scholarship progressed from their first to the second year of university at the same percentage as non-care leavers. This will bolster the University of London Scholars programme , adding a further £185,000 over the next three years.