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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A nationally recognized expert on African American males, Moore has had a distinguished career in higher education as a researcher and a champion for diversityboth in his work at the National Science Foundation and at OSU. since 2018. Benjamin Elijah Maysthe former president of Morehouse Collegeas a model for excellence.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.

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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. She was selected as a distinguished alumni of Abilene Christian University in 2021 and of Longview High School in 2018. She also actively participates in Quality Matters reviews as a Higher Education Peer Reviewer.

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

LSE Higher Education Blog

While China is proactive in recruiting African students, Africa seems to play a relatively passive role does this stark imbalance in student mobility pose future risks to Africas higher education?

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Point Foundation Increases Support as LGBTQ+ Scholarship Applications Continue to Rise

Insight Into Diversity

Since its inception 21 years ago, the Point Foundation has become the largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ+ college students in the country. In the 2018-2019 academic year, the organization awarded scholarships to 98 students. At one time, the organization received over 1,500 applications for only 20 scholarships.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. Santiago and Sarita E. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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