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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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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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What’s Holding Back Good Teaching?

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 17, 2018 © Magna Publications. We tend to ascribe lower value to pedagogical scholarship than traditional research. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Has teaching improved? Reference Chew, S. Halonen, J. McCarthy, M. Gurung, R.

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What’s Holding Back Good Teaching?

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 17, 2018 © Magna Publications. We tend to ascribe lower value to pedagogical scholarship than traditional research. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Has teaching improved? Reference Chew, S. Halonen, J. McCarthy, M. Gurung, R.

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To be part of the Pacific family, Australia must develop its educational engagement

The PIE News

Education is a diplomatic tool, and the way governments use (or abuse) education and scholarships in their international relationships gives us a clear insight into how governments view their diplomatic partners. There is also a small scholarship for Pacific students to study at Pacific universities.

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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

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The American International Recruitment Council has announced the 2023 recipients of the Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the US. Nine US HEIs will receive up to $10,000 to award scholarships to disadvantaged or underrepresented students from the UK to enrol at their institution during the 2023/24 academic year.

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Billion-Dollar Gift Broadens Access to Johns Hopkins

Insight Into Diversity

Beginning this fall, Johns Hopkins will use the funds to launch a scholarship program covering full tuition for medical students from families earning under $300,000 annually, with additional support for living expenses and fees for students from families earning $175,000 or less.